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> Except for a few thousand libertarians, the people most upset by this were Obama's most fervent supporters… No, Obama's most fervent supporters want to hang

by tod222 13y ago

> Except for a few thousand libertarians, the people most upset by this were Obama's most fervent supporters… No, Obama's most fervent supporters want to hang Snowden for treason, and Greenwald along with him. They're quite happy to use the word "treason" for both of them. Ever since the leak supporters of Obama on blogs and Twitter have been attacking Snowden and particularly Greenwald with ferocity. [1] A derogatory term has recently been coined and is now being applied to anyone on the left who supports Snowden and Greenwald. This term, "emoprog," basically translates to "whiny progressive." The complaint is that emoprogs, instead of falling into line and unquestioningly supporting whatever Democrat is president, whine disloyally about principles said president is violating or not pursuing with enough vigor. So no, Obama's most fervent supporters wish Snowden and the whole issue would just go away and find infuriating the disloyalty shown by Greenwald and his emoprog supporters. [1] https://twitter.com/JeffersonObama/status/351829186991759360 https://twitter.com/JeffersonObama/status/351829186991759360 https://twitter.com/Johngcole/status/349308095987593217 https://twitter.com/Johngcole/status/349308095987593217 https://twitter.com/JeffersonObama/status/348879008747896833 https://twitter.com/JeffersonObama/status/348879008747896833

dragonwriter 13y ago
You're both right, its just one of you is talking about Obama's most fervent supporters prior to the Snowden case, and one is talking about Obama's most fervent supporters in relation to the Snowden case. These are mostly not the same groups of people, and overlap only to the extent that both include the practically policy-blind cult of personality than any major politician (or celebrity more generally) will end up attracting, but this is a fairly small slice of either group of "fervent supporters".

by tod222 13y ago

dragonwriter 13y ago

You're both right, its just one of you is talking about Obama's most fervent supporters prior to the Snowden case, and one is talking about Obama's most fervent supporters in relation to the Snowden case. These are mostly not the same groups of people, and overlap only to the extent that both include the practically policy-blind cult of personality than any major politician (or celebrity more generally) will end up attracting, but this is a fairly small slice of either group of "fervent supporters".