The good news is in the US, they can't read your emails without a judge granting permission. That's what happened with Clinton -- they had to get a federal judge to grant them access to her emails.

That doesn't mean people aren't. I stopped sharing certain things by email ages ago. I sort of view the internet as - standing on a soap box in the middle of Times Square. Granted not everyone will notice you or pay attention, because of all the other far more shiny distractions, but hey you are standing in the middle of Times Square.

Not sure I want to know who SUP is associated with either. The article that I linked to above is a bit disturbing. Right now, I'm a little leery of lj. But to be honest, I've been leery for the last four years. Still crossposting for the time being. But I may not crosspost political posts.
Not that I'm doing any at the moment...

You write great posts

Thank you. I shouldn't complain about the lack of responses, I rarely respond to my reading lists posts. No time. Also, it's hard to know what to say sometimes.
I have to remind myself that just because a post doesn't receive a response doesn't mean people aren't reading. I read the posts on my reading list and don't respond. (shrugs)

I've been enjoying your posts as well, but equally, don't often have the time to respond to them.