solletica
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Many posters in this forum have posted remarks saying that they were stunned by Snowden's revelations about the scope of the NSA's surveillance efforts. They claim that Snowden is a "hero" because he exposed a reprehensible act that wasn't publicly known.
I'm curious about how these same posters would react to these other allegations. . .
1) The US government is the largest sponsor of terrorist activity in the world, in terms of money spent and civilian lives claimed.
2) All federal politicians routinely accept bribes.
3) Uruguay ranks above the US in terms of press freedom.
All of these above statements are true, and to people like me, they're no more news than the NSA's blatant disregard for the 4th Amendment.
Betcha they're shocking to those same posters that believe Snowden had exposed something terrible, though.
Amazing how we liberals/libertarians keep saying how hyopcritical US rhetoric about its moral authority in the world is--how grossly inaccurate its claims about standing for freedom are, only to be rebuffed repeatedly by mainstream Americans (notably conservatives) who just accuse us of being America haters. And only when such news becomes popular (i. e. reported in the mainstream press), does it finally hit them on the head.
If these same people would just listen to us from day 1, then wouldn't be so shocked.
I'm curious about how these same posters would react to these other allegations. . .
1) The US government is the largest sponsor of terrorist activity in the world, in terms of money spent and civilian lives claimed.
2) All federal politicians routinely accept bribes.
3) Uruguay ranks above the US in terms of press freedom.
All of these above statements are true, and to people like me, they're no more news than the NSA's blatant disregard for the 4th Amendment.
Betcha they're shocking to those same posters that believe Snowden had exposed something terrible, though.
Amazing how we liberals/libertarians keep saying how hyopcritical US rhetoric about its moral authority in the world is--how grossly inaccurate its claims about standing for freedom are, only to be rebuffed repeatedly by mainstream Americans (notably conservatives) who just accuse us of being America haters. And only when such news becomes popular (i. e. reported in the mainstream press), does it finally hit them on the head.
If these same people would just listen to us from day 1, then wouldn't be so shocked.
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