Sliding into the prototypical "Ugly American" mindset

[MADem]

109. You're trying to create a false construct, that suggests that anyone who

doesn't support Snowden's antics--and that is what they are--is somehow on the "anti-privacy" bandwagon.

That construct doesn't fly, and that's what is so insulting about much of the conversation here on the topic.

The other thing that many here are doing is trying to paint people who have concerns over Snowden's craziness as "trolls" or "others."

In actual fact, those who are privacy advocates would find much to adore in James Comey. They'd also want to kiss John Ashcroft full on the lips, and do a happy dance with him. When it comes to the Department of Justice, and legal interpretations about issues of privacy, those two (say what you will about Ashcroft's neanderthal views on other issues--I am talking just about PRIVACY, now) were heroes of the 21st Century on that subject.

You want better "secret interpretations?" You'd better get yourself a better Congress. I do my part faithfully every election cycle. I get bodies to the polls. You should do the same instead of blaming the President for not being the Legislative King of America.