Newsmax reports that according to according to KRC Research about 64 percent of Americans familiar with Snowden hold a negative opinion of him. However 56 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 have a positive opinion of Snowden which contrasts sharply with older age cohorts. Among those aged 35-44, some 34 percent have positive attitudes toward him. For the 45-54 age cohort, the figure is 28 percent, and it drops to 26 percent among Americans over age 55, U.S. News reported. Americans overall say by plurality that Snowden has done “more to hurt” U.S. national security (43 percent) than help it (20 percent). A similar breakdown was seen with views on whether Snowden helped or hurt efforts to combat terrorism, though the numbers flip on whether his actions will lead to greater privacy protections. “The broad support for Edward Snowden among Millennials around the world should be a message to democratic countries that change is coming,” says Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. “They are a generation of digital natives who don’t want government agencies tracking them online or collecting data about their phone calls.” Opinions of millennials are particularly significant in light of January 2015 findings by the U.S. Census Bureau that they are projected to surpass the baby-boom generation as the United States’ largest living generation this year.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2015, @05:42PM
> Both the bartender and I shrugged as he solemnly handed my my drink and I moved away.
Lol. Based on the incoherent screeds of hate you are known for posting here, I have a strong suspicion that your actions in your version of the story are more than just a little toned down. I mean, the fact that you even posted this self-aggrandizing and ultimately completely off-topic story really kind of makes it all self-contradictory.
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Thursday April 23 2015, @06:03PM
You might be correct that there is more to the story, but to EF's defense I have several siblings that fit squarely into the Millennial age bracket (10+ year age gap between me and them) and they would definitely behave as EF said. And they would do it with less provocation that EF admitted to.
If I was in that situation and had my wits about me, I'd like to say something like, "You mind if I order a drink at the only empty spot in the bar or are you going to stare at me like self-centered, stuck up bitches?"
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(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2015, @07:34PM
He pointed out that there were no empty spots at the bar and he forced his way between two people talking.
Secondly, how can a generation be derided for not having any sense of manners in the same breath that they are derided for responding to someone else's bad manners?
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Thursday April 23 2015, @08:06PM
That's a good way to put it. I think the proper manners in this scenario would be to to interject an "excuse me," which would queue the women to stance closer together so the gap at the bar is behind one of the women instead of between them. Better yet, it is common practice to create a gap when you are at a crowded bar and see another patron approach the bar, so the person approaching has a place to order a drink without having to interrupt your conversation. Even if you don't create the gap, staring incredulously is far from the proper response and demanding the staff to kick somebody out because a guy edged himself to the bar in the middle of your conversation just to order a drink, and happened to say something rude about your rude stares, is outright ridiculous.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2015, @11:36PM
> because a guy edged himself to the bar in the middle of your conversation just to order a drink,
> and happened to say something rude about your rude stares
And that is the point in the story at which his version of events diverges from everyone else's.
At the barest minimum he was drunk off his ass and his comments weren't limited to just one expertly delivered line.
I'd say there is a more than fair chance that he put his hands on one or both of them at some point.