"People Who Urge Calm Over NSA Spying Make Me Nervous"

[Skidmore]

47. I'm sorry to disagree with you in that I think you make quite a few inferences

that probably don't exist. In my instance, I am a Democrat and have been for my entire adult life. I support the Democratic Party and its elected officials and give them feedback when I disagree with them. In regard to the NSA, I have not seen anyone on DU say that they "love the NSA." I have seen some posters, and I include myself in that group, who have simply pointed out that this whole thing had a history long before Snowden and Greenwald and lots of it had been published too. There has been discussion on the part of those posters about the necessity to address any changes to the NSA programs with legislative measures or through the courts, which would ultimately kick it back to the legislature. Now because someone points out facts related to the history of events or has some knowledge of the legal system or the technology and how it works and tries to present those facts, I don't assume that they are an enemy or that they do not have issues or problems with how this system works. That is a giant leap to conclusions. Castigating someone who may have questions or observations that don't quite mesh with yours or mine, does not mean that they are not entitled to an opinion nor that their opinion should not be treated with the respect that you would demand for yourself.