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JackRiddler

(24,979 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2013, 05:51 PM Oct 2013

Edward Snowden - closer to hero or bad actor? [View all]

If "hero" is one extreme and "bad actor" is the other, where would you place Edward Snowden after his recent actions to expose top secret U.S. government programs? Bad actor would mean that what he did wasn't a good thing, whatever the intent may have been. (Note that DU automatically gives a "pass" option.)

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	Closer to hero
	21 (81%)
	Closer to bad actor
	5 (19%)
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Edward Snowden - closer to hero or bad actor? [View all] JackRiddler Oct 2013 OP

No "paid double-agent" option? nt MADem Oct 2013 #1

Closer to being a patsy. Thinkingabout Oct 2013 #2

Maybe--I just think it's odd that he ran in such a hurry when MADem Oct 2013 #5

I think he ran to the two places this country wouldn't be able to extradite, Warpy Oct 2013 #8

I doubt he will EVER "head to South America." MADem Oct 2013 #11

I've always said "useful idiot" Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #16

I'd like to know if he visited the Russian consulate the MADem Oct 2013 #27

I don't know...If Snowden was owned by the Russians Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #29

Maybe not. MADem Oct 2013 #33

Confused loner. randome Oct 2013 #3

He's got a lot of good friends for a loner. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #20

Seriously? He couldn't have been bothered to put on a tie? Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #30

That's not even his suit, I don't think. MADem Oct 2013 #34

Thank you for... JackRiddler Oct 2013 #37

Civil disobedience and conscientious objection are one thing Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #40

I'm waiting for his report on the Greenpeace activists arrested by Russia before voting. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #4

Classic "commie go back to Russia" response. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #9

Dude...how can he go back to Russia??? He's there already. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #14

Who says stupid sayings make sense? JackRiddler Oct 2013 #17

Good Simple Poll On the Road Oct 2013 #6

Not even remotely close to hero. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #7

It is dependent upon one's perspective RobertEarl Oct 2013 #10

There are far more perspectives than that. Such as: confused loner. randome Oct 2013 #12

You are projecting. eom RobertEarl Oct 2013 #15

Pretty much... JackRiddler Oct 2013 #18

Sorry, I thought you were asking for opinions. My mistake! randome Oct 2013 #32

there's something to that Supersedeas Oct 2013 #31

Hero. I hope hundreds more like him do the same in the future LittleBlue Oct 2013 #13

Twerp gulliver Oct 2013 #19

He sacrificed for your rights too. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #21

I didn't vote in the Poll...but.. KoKo Oct 2013 #22

Ban NSA domestic spying... Richard Bittner Oct 2013 #23

welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #24

It used to be banned. backscatter712 Oct 2013 #28

Like your sig line... JackRiddler Oct 2013 #45

As of 10/15, it's 34-21 along the hero/bad actor split JackRiddler Oct 2013 #25

I have yet to know a RW Libertarian that I'd consider anywhere near a "hero". tridim Oct 2013 #26

Just label away, maybe you can make it disappear. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #36

I don't support a total surveillance state. tridim Oct 2013 #39

No, you probably don't support the total surveillance state. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #43

Pass. That is over, frankly. MineralMan Oct 2013 #35

Definitely a bad actor, no question about it. And one that almost certainly had malicious intent.... AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #38

The disposition of his legacy is still a work in progress. AtomicKitten Oct 2013 #41

I don't think it's about legacy. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Oct 2013 #44

The Kerry goes to Paris kick. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #46

This could use more votes. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #47