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Are they really widely hated by the populace, or are they just widely hated on small communities like HN?

• superbaconman 13y ago
  After talking with my very conservative family in the mid-west. Yes. They are hated.
• 001sky 13y ago
  This is more than a loaded question. HN has its own views, but they also have an information set perhaps not widely available. The better framing is that, given a(n equal) technical understanding of what NSA is doing, where would the majority stand? I don't think they would stand with the government's over-reach. The red-states don't really go for that, and the blue states don't really go for it either: it's anti-liberal in a different sense. What the NSA is really doing here is protecting the 1%, in the sense that those in power are merely seeking to stay in power at all costs. Ideology, constitution, and every other consideration be damned.
• hrjet 13y ago
  I suppose they have already collected enough data to make the right judgement about how many people hate them.