Everyone is under surveillance now, says whistleblower Edward Snowden

[NanceGreggs]

157. No, the 'truth' is not a matter of popular vote.

It is what it is. The 'truth' is not made non-true by the court of public opinion, nor is it determined based on how many people on a website declare it true or not.

The 'evidence' in this case is what people hear Snowden asserting, and they take his every word at face value. Proof of his many claims has still not been forthcoming.

I think that in many cases - and the Snowden situation is a good example - many DUers are comparable to FOX adherents. They, too, simply dismiss facts that don't validate what they've come to believe - in the same way that many DUers have dismissed any facts that point to Snowden being not what he claims to be, or not knowing what he claims to know.

What is going on or not going on within the NSA is a completely separate topic. But to hear some here tell it, if one doesn't swallow Snowden's story whole, they are "in denial", or are NSA-hawks (!), or they don't care what goes on within the NSA.

"What other authority do you go to about this matter?" Well, I can tell you one thing for sure. I don't go to a man who has been caught in contradictions and out-and-out lies, a thief who stole and then disseminated sensitive documents to third parties without even knowing their content, a traitor who shared our spying tactics with other nations, a self-serving narcissist who keeps making sweeping claims that he never backs up.

And please don't resort to the "it's not the messenger, it's the message" routine. When the messenger has proven himself to be a liar, the message is probably no more truthful than the messenger himself.