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In reply to the discussion: I'll never understand people who take the actions of Snowden as a personal insult. [View all]emulatorloo
(44,121 posts)14. No fan of Snowden but I agree w you on many points
I find the angry accusations of "traitor" to be way over the top.
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I'll never understand people who take the actions of Snowden as a personal insult. [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jun 2013
OP
I don't agree with the course he took (not that he should care about what I think)
Democracyinkind
Jun 2013
#3
One analysis I heard recently theorized that people who don't really understand the leaked info
KurtNYC
Jun 2013
#6
I am the most politically depressed that I have been in a long, long time. If didn't know for
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#9
I don't see anything to support Snowden's claim that the NSA is spying on everybody.
randome
Jun 2013
#36
It's evidence of something we already knew and had largely dismissed as trivial.
randome
Jun 2013
#95
You point out the possibility of misuse without evidence to suggest it IS being misused.
randome
Jun 2013
#100
No, you are incorrect. In the US, without a warrant, only telephone meta-data is collected,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#70
Valerie Plame says, "In a way, we as U.S. citizens owe Edward Snowden a thank you....
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#74
That was written only about internal US surveillance and it was written the day before
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#75
No, a winger hack and a paulianite report a story and it's taken at face value and then spun by
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#32
And to me, countries are for the most part arbitrary lines drawn on pieces of paper.
redgreenandblue
Jun 2013
#37
You Quoted " I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world."
Progressive dog
Jun 2013
#59
Yep. With 100's of billions of $ spent, there is no way they overlooked online discussion forums.
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#90
Conservatives usually have difficulty thinking for themselves, and also have difficulty
Zorra
Jun 2013
#39
I don't care if people commit treason in this country as long as it's in the best interests of the
Apophis
Jun 2013
#42
Over-reaching governments have never been stopped without people breaking the law
Marrah_G
Jun 2013
#91
Flipped> People who are VALIDATED by his actions. Further, you approve of his leaking to China
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#69
It has nothing to do with his politics, he conspired to do damage to the U.S.
still_one
Jun 2013
#82
In their support of Syria, Iran, and North Korea. China also has the same reasoning.
still_one
Jun 2013
#106
No, what bothers people is that he is releasing our spying methods to Russia and China.
still_one
Jun 2013
#107
nationalists vs. internationalists is as big a part of it as authoritarians vs. anti-authoritarians
carolinayellowdog
Jun 2013
#85