A large majority of the American people were outraged when the story broke about the NSA. It was the big news story on every major and non-major news channel. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing about all the spying the NSA had done on the American people. When Snowden was being charged with espionage, internet petitions were being signed by thousands of people to grant him a pardon. The NSA hatred lasted for about 2 weeks, and then it went poof. Nobody even cares anymore. I wasn't very upset when all of the NSA spying came to light. It was pretty obvious to most people all of that stuff has been happening for years(even before 9/11). I was more upset about the fact that I knew in less than a month everyone would forget about all of it. It had a shorter lifespan than that whole "WE ARE THE 99%" craze everyone went through awhile ago. America is like a kid with ADHD. As long as we have our news articles about the new royal baby and Keeping up with the Kardashians, we can forget about anything. I'm not the first, and I won't be the last person to rant about something like this.
In the technologically advanced society we live in today, information is at every single persons fingertips. With the click of a mouse you can look up anything you want. I just want to say, really, that I wish everybody could just stop following the herd everywhere. Swim upstream. Take the path less traveled by. All of that cliche stuff. That reminds me of the Trayvon Martin supporters. I should probably do a post about them. /rant off
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