I posted my link yesterday to the ABC article that revealed the Bush Administration is using the NSA calling-records database to figure out who's leaking information. I went back to the story and saw some of the comments from people on the article. They're appalling! I wanted to highlight a few here:
- Good! I hope they do find out who is leaking national security info to the press. I'm tired of the press helping our enemies. Maybe you guys should start trying to "FOR the USA" instead of "AGAINST the USA" ALL THE TIME. I hope the FBI nails lots of idiots who are out to destroy the intelligence agencies and cost us more soldiers and spys!
- 'Bout time you guys are roped in.
- Excellent the Media needs looking after, Traitors most of them.......
- good, you seditionist creeps deserve what you get. who knows how many serviceman have died because of your "right to know"
- I hope the information they gain allows them to catch the scum that leak information, and helps them arrest the communist scum who publish it.
- I am tired of thae news media leaking secret information in order to hurt PREDIDENT BUSH. I would prosucute [sic] the news media leakers for treason like LINCOLN did. We are at WAR with a enemy who whants [sic] to take over the world by force or kill all of us
I find this kind of stuff horrifying. I know that not all of the comments are like that, but truly, there are people out there that want the press locked up and gagged because it's not agreement with the president, or reporting on policies that are illegal that people within the government don't even agree with themselves.
WE HAVE A FREE PRESS IN THIS COUNTRY SO WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT FORM OF OVERSIGHT ON THE ABUSES OF POWER AND YOU SHITHEADS WANT TO REMOVE IT SO THE GOVERNMENT IS COMPLETELY UNCHECKED. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Welcome to the new fascist state.
The irrational opinions you referenced come about, I imagine, because people fail to think. Any leak of illegal activity isn't a leak, rather it's an expose of wrong-doing; these idiots you've quoted fail to appreciate the revelatory power of the press when the alternative would be a shadow government, without accountability and able to do anything to its citizens that it damn well pleased!
So the idiots you cited are, in fact, pro-tyrant... pro-dictator... pro-fessional morons. But don't waste your time trying to tell them; it would be like trying to teach a pig to sing (only wastes your time and annoys the pig!).