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In reply to the discussion: Al Gore: Edward Snowden's 'Important Service' [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)As to message boards, news stories tell us the government hires posters and also tells us that part of some government jobs include posting. And almost anything that is posted here, pro or con, is going to get some agreement. And yes, there are the unconditional loyalists, too, along with the meme repeaters.
Counterparts of that exist in the real world, too. And a lot of the real world is clueless. Hard to overestimate how much.
Example: I know a woman, a Democrat, who is very bright, or at least so her academic record tell me. She reads two newspapers every day, one of which is the NYT. In general, she fancies herself well-informed. She never heard of the DLC until I told her about it.
For those of us who post a lot on political boards, that example seems inconceivable, but it's real.