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Edward Snowden is an American hero

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Get him a Gundam ASAP!

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I dont agree completely; but willing to entertain it and can respect it.

Assange is not even close

Crono99 posted...

Edward Snowden and Julian Assange vs Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage in a no disqualification steel cage match. Donald Trump is special guest referee.

this post is... a bit suspect for a mod to be making

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Not the hero we deserved, so well hunt him, because he can take it

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Snowden is an amusing example of politics making strange bedfellows.

Nowadays you hear people and politicians saying they love whistle blowers and they deserve high praise. But when Snowden first came out, some were talking about him deserving execution as a traitor and the US government wanted to stick that guy in the deepest, darkest hole it could find. Definitely controversial.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Snowden is an amusing example of politics making strange bedfellows.

Nowadays you hear people and politicians saying they love whistle blowers and they deserve high praise. But when Snowden first came out, some were talking about him deserving execution as a traitor and the US government wanted to stick that guy in the deepest, darkest hole it could find. Definitely controversial.

I see this as politicians trying to appeal to pro-whistleblowing types, people who think we have a right to know when there's information being used unethically and without the public's knowledge or consent, without intending to follow through when the next big scandal leaks.

The second someone else blows the lid on a scheme that shows that the government is trying to undermine the freedoms of the public, they'll turn face and call that whistleblower a criminal and a traitor all over again. There will be another Edward Snowden, and the next one might not be so lucky.

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Edward Snowden is an American hero

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"Saying you don't care about privacy because you've nothing to hide is like saying you don't care about free speech because you've nothing to say."

I always remember that quote from his movie.

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Y'all know what's up with the Snowman

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Snowden works for Russia

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Good of Putins Russia to shelter this hero.

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Chelsea Manning too

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Irony posted...

Snowden works for Russia

iheartbears posted...

Good of Putins Russia to shelter this hero.

A shame for sure, but he wouldn't be involved with Russia if America's first response wasn't to charge him as a traitor and put him in jail for life.

He let all of America know how their freedoms were secretly being weakened by the state. Without his courage, your personal information would have been weaker than ever before. Even if the government was going to fuck your information over eventually, this act brought one attempt to light and forced the government to stop their unethical horseshit for a period of time.

Edward Snowden fled to Russia because his home country was going to call him a traitor and send him to jail on trumped-up charges. Not because he was a Russian agent trying to make your country weaker. He acted because he saw your freedoms being eroded, and Russia is somewhere that the US couldn't extradite him from.

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US: You're a traitor!
Snowden: No I'm not! *Goes to Russia to actually become a traitor*

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Snowden and Assange are russian assets now they are enemies

CADE FOSTER posted...

Snowden and Assange are russian assets now they are enemies

I genuinely believe that Edward Snowden still loves his country. He leaked information out of a love for his country and his fellow man, and I think he's been pretty humble about it even during his exile in Russia. Dude doesn't use his influence to huck shitty headlines or get excessive funding, he's only ever spoken out on America's security and the rights of its citizens - and I think if given the chance, he would come to bat for America's best interests again.

Of course, anxiety is understandable since he's been sheltered by Russia for like a decade at this point. It would have been nice to have Edward Snowden around, instead of forcing him to flee his homeland. But I think he still has an ethical, patriotic bone in his body regardless of that.

Shit, even as someone with close proximity to Russia, Snowden comes across as a much better dude than someone like George Zimmerman. Even at his worst, he's a better public role model than that clod.

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Edward Snowden is an American hero

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He's also a Russian propaganda puppet.
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I fully believe he helped Russia fuck with the elections

Is there any evidence to support this? Because I fully believe he leaked what he leaked for the right reasons, and he wouldn't willingly mess with something like a US election because he's not a spy.

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You think they would give him safe harbor for nothing in return i got some magic beans to sell you

I'll believe that Edward Snowden worked with the Russian government to elect Donald Trump, of all fucking candidates, when I see the evidence with my own two eyes.

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Trump has made America a laughing stock of the world i mean come on cant be this dense

DeadBankerDream posted...

He's also a Russian propaganda puppet.

lol no

traitor who deserves a short drop and a sudden stop.

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Snickers_Pls posted...

lol no

You're right, Vladimir Putin is giving him asylum out of the goodness of his heart and isn't at all dictating what he is allowed to say in public in order to keep that asylum.
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RebelElite791 posted...

traitor who deserves a short drop and a sudden stop.

lol
why am i not surprised

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