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In reply to the discussion: I am sick and tired of seeing posts defending Snowden..so here is my side [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)However anyone in the country who understands the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and who understands what happens, when the governmental interests decide to spy on its own citizens, as demonstrated by many regimes back in the Twentieth Century, including a Reich my dad had to fight physically for several years of his life, feels differently. And we don't care one wya or the other about the popularity of opinions such as yours.
The last time I looked, the liberties and freedoms granted by our Constitution are ours. The liberties I hold as an American don't exist on account of a popularity contest.
If this nation goes down the road of accepting the idea that "War on terror means we tear up the Constitution, and give 1.2 million people over at Booz the ability to spy on American citizens" in part so that people like Richard Blum, (Di Feintein's husband,) can have a most profitable year, then democracy is officially over.