I have the perfect solution to end the NSA/Snowden flame wars, which are bringing shame upon Daily Kos.
Follow me for the answer to all our problems.
The following words and phrases are banned, by me, with no authority whatsoever.
patriot
traitor
apologist
spin
rox
sux
enabler
shifty security industrial complex profit-seekers
truth doesn't matter to some people
acolyte
Obamabot
hero
villain
police state
cultish
censorship
reality bubble
fake outrage
outrage
Green(wald) tea partiers
worship at the alter of freedom
If you can't make an argument without using the aforementioned words and/or phrases, you should not make the argument.
Feel free to add to my list in the comments.
I come to Daily Kos almost on a daily basis because I feel like this is the best place to wade through diaries and comments to find nuanced arguments on both sides of whatever argument is being had.
Lately, it has become a lot more work.
I tried to make the above list balanced from both sides of the NSA/Snowden/Greenwald argument, apologies if I didn't make it.