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Because the ACLU stands for "AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union?" They are campaigning for their userbase, which is already an unpopular stance in the media today g
by icelancer 11y ago
Because the ACLU stands for "AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union?" They are campaigning for their userbase, which is already an unpopular stance in the media today given that these programs get pushed through anyway.
- Ensorceled 11y agoThe point still stands. The vast majority of this discussion is in the context of "should the NSA be able to do this to Americans" as opposed to "should the NSA be able to do this at all".
- fit2rule 11y agoAmericans don't like to admit that the heinous policies of their government effect people around the world .. this would require that culturally they accept responsibility for the actions of their government, which is not something you can get an average American to do, easily, alas. It takes some shock to get an average American to actually do something. Alas, this shock is too often expressed as terrorism.