Honestly, the timbre of this post implies a viewpoint which is fatalistic and frustrated with the issue, from someone who perhaps doesn't think the issue is as

Honestly, the timbre of this post implies a viewpoint which is fatalistic and frustrated with the issue, from someone who perhaps doesn't think the issue is as severe as others do. I say, don't hide your opinions in a separate complaint, just because it is easier to defend. It is easy to criticize the headlines for being superficial, even if your issue is that you don't want to talk about Snowden anymore. Keeping the headlines up keeps awareness up. Perhaps that is precisely what you don't like. Why do you think PRISM is inevitable? Why do you think his asylum requests in Ecuador are less interesting than the latest coffee script variation? I think it is fascinating that Hacker News is having such a political reaction to this issue. That, to me, is deeply interesting in and of itself.