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How to get Americans riled up about spying
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:11 pm
by Libertarian666
The interview with Snowden starts at about 14:00...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M
Re: How to get Americans riled up about spying
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:21 am
by rickb
And your point is what?
Just to get the conversation going, IMO, Edward Snowden is a true patriot.
Re: How to get Americans riled up about spying
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:59 am
by bedraggled
I thought you meant other nations hacking us.
Re: How to get Americans riled up about spying
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:53 am
by Libertarian666
Yes, of course he is a patriot.
But my point was that John Oliver has found the "killer app" to get Americans actually concerned about being spied on. I think he deserves the Pulitzer Prize (or some other major prize) for that!
Re: How to get Americans riled up about spying
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:52 am
by moda0306
As long as there is a "tribal" alignment with those in the "defense" and "intelligence" industries departments, Americans will continue to support their civil liberties being eroded. The dick-pick route was entertaining, but little-else.
This is why a republican president is perhaps useful. Liberals actually care about civil liberties (generally) when there's a conservative taking them away vs a "progressive."
Though one could argue similar double-standards for swaths of the the soft-libertarian wing of Republicans.