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In reply to the discussion: Isn't it amusing to see all the Obama defenders ignoring the issue of mass surveillance? [View all]Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Stop making this about Obama defenders. There is a small minority of libertarians and out of touch liberals who are driving the bus on this issue and guess what - the rest of us really don't care. We don't care because it's just a drop in the bucket to the many more important issues facing our country today. It just furthers the disconnect between DU and the rest of the world. You all live in an echo chamber and because you constantly hear your BS, you build it up in your head that this is the most important, pressing issue in all of politics.
I've got news for you, cal, no one gives a fuck. Seriously. The rest of us moved on weeks ago. It's not news anymore. Yet it remains the most dominant topic as you all turn Snowden and Greenwald into heroes reminiscent of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King - while pushing this ridiculous notion that America is now somehow a fascist country. That type of rhetoric and tone is so bat-shit fucking crazy that most people, most sane people, just turn and roll their eyes at how absolutely moronic DU has become lately. It's turned into a constant circle jerk of insanity and most people, most people who have a lick of sense, don't want any part of it.
It's petty, overbearing extremism that makes you look more like Lyndon LaRouche supporters than anyone who actually brings a legitimate argument to the debate. That really is the problem. Ya'll went so far off the deep end over the last month on this issue that no one takes you seriously anymore. DU is a constant back-patting, bullshit throwing, lies spreading, paranoia sprouting fuck-fest and it's totally removed most sane users from the depths of reality and put 'em squarely in the toxic universe known as delirious-ism.
So, while most Americans have moved on, you people continue to dwell - talking more about the NSA than Nelson Mandela (tho, I won't doubt until someone compares Snowden to him, because, you know, that's how demented some of you are), immigration reform, global warming (remember when this was an issue?) and essentially the overturning of the Voting Rights Act (the outrage to that lasted maybe a day ... but most of you aren't directly impacted, so, you guys didn't seem to put much fight into it outside the token shit I'd expect from supposed liberals).
One thing is clear - you either are all daft or you can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Might as well change DU to Alex Jones' or Ron Paul's forum because it's been entirely corrupted by conspiracy theories, hyperbole and non-stop talk over the NSA flap - meanwhile, the rest of us on planet earth will continue living our lives and focusing on the most important issues.
But most Obama supporters here are starting to ignore it because it's been co-opted by morons and nutties. Who would want to associate with most you here? You guys are embarrassing. You're so out of the realm of mainstream on this issue that you're in LaRouche and Wayne Madsen territory - the latter who, mind you, has been used as a source here.
And you find it amusing we don't want to associate with you crackpots - that we want to ignore you fruitcakes?
Well DUH!
It's not a tough nut to crack, guys. haha