It's this kind of fear-mongering by Fox and other conservative mouthpieces that lead to the Nazi/SS/Socialism/Red Scare stuff showing up at the health care town halls. Not only that, it's presupposed by "gotcha" journalism tactics, which of course always paint such a clear picture of the complexity of truth for viewers. Of course the White House doesn't delete or alter the e-mails (unlike some) because, oh yeah, IT'S ILLEGAL! But that doesn't necessarily imply that they're collecting names to stalk you with.
I mean maybe they are, and when someone shows me some evidence that I should suspect people are being targeted, then I'll jump right on board. But it's the hypocrisy of those who claim to be these big "free speech/Constitution/Bill of Rights advocates" making such a fuss now when a certain former administration was doing it before covertly and illegally (unless of course you consider Executive Orders of such things to make them legal - because "Because I Said So" makes me feel so much more confident about my government).
I wish people upset about this would stop and think about it. How many of them regularly receive emails from some member of African or Middle Eastern royalty asking them to hold said royalty's fortunes in exchange for their bank info and Social Security codes? How do you think this "royal member" got your email address? And you're worried about the government knowing your email address so that, despite any real proof of them doing so, can stalk you and limit your free speech as an enemy of the state? What is more disturbing to you: the fact the government knows how to contact you, or that anyone who feels like posing as a Saudi prince to extort money from you has the ability to?
In the words of the great 21st-century post-modernist poet and philosopher Sarah Palin:
"Stop making stuff up!"
(Hat Tip: Patrick Appel at The Daily Dish)
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