General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Below are the arguments of those that support the NSA over Snowden's revelations*. [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)let me try to explain the point - again.
4. the Republicans already have a RWNM to bash OUR side. Unfortunately often the leftwing blogosphere just sings in harmony with the RWNM.
The RWNM sells a whole bunch of anti-left propaganda, which happens to be very effective.
So they will sell a message like
social security is going broke
there is no trust fund
and a big part of their message is also things like
Democrats suck
Democrats are hypocrites and liars.
So those professional lefties, who happen to make better than average income, many of them BTW (LarryO http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/130). Instead of talking about issues and advancing "our" ideals. Instead spends a lot of time spreading the latter two messages.
Democrats suck.
Democrats are a bunch of hypocrites and liars.
With friends like that on the left, who needs enemies? http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/127
And this OP does not appear to me to be about attacking the NSA program as much as it is about "attacking DUers who try to defend Obama's position on the NSA program".
In other words, an attack on some of our fellow Democrats.