The comments seem disportionately negative towards Snowden. I have rarely encountered anyone in real life that knew much about Snowden let alone had a strong c

The comments seem disportionately negative towards Snowden. I have rarely encountered anyone in real life that knew much about Snowden let alone had a strong conviction about him one way or the other. Maybe there's so many negative comments because people who are against something or someone are more likely to post. But it also seems like a good candidate article for certain interests to subtley influence public opinion.