Why do we tolerate the NSA?

[JohnnyRingo]

77. And yet I get the word liberal spit in my face often enough.

When it's my week to decide what the defining liberal cause is, I think I'll go with the decline of organized labor as the most important issue we face today, and deride others as tools of the fascist state if they don't agree. I donate a lot of my time and money to union organizing, and see it as a noble endeavor.

If you really believe so strongly in your cause for internet privacy, perhaps you should actually do something about it. The key base of activism is, after all, the word "active".

You could join ranks with the ACLU or The Electronic Frontier Foundation, both of which are working diligently on your cause, but need money to see it through. I could say that's the least you can do for what you see as the most important issue we face today, but giving a K&R to a brief piece of outrage on a website and attacking others who fail to share your concern is literally the least thing you can do.

If you're feeling particularly energetic about your cause, perhaps you can pen a self help book about how to win people over to your side through prejudgment and smug derision. I don't know if anyone needs help being a self righteous jerk, but I always say play to your strong suit.

I know I may be a bit pushy about actually doing something material with your time and money, but I'm a liberal, and activism is important to us, even when that activism seems to be at a dead end in the judicial system.