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12. Again, why respond to a thread about someone you don't like?

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:44 PM

Oct 2013

I like Edward Snowden. Maybe you are in on the NSA's activities, but really seeing the court order helped me verify and understand to what extent our government has violated our Constitution.

So I am grateful to Edward Snowden. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Why do you think Snowden has a fragile ego. I think he has a pretty normal ego. I never saw anything fragile about it. What do you mean? Thanks.

Why we should remain concerned about the NSA spying.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/prospect-blackmail-nsa

It is a threat to democracy. We could easily turn into an East Germany.

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Snowden: US would have buried NSA red flags [View all] Indi Guy Oct 2013 OP

Getting a little tired of this guy brush Oct 2013 #1

Defected? MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #2

Check and see which country the majority of Russians see as their enemy melody Oct 2013 #4

So what. Most Russians are probably even more ignorant than the kinds of Americans who don't JDPriestly Oct 2013 #9

Just bringing up a point of reference, that's all n/t melody Oct 2013 #45

Ok MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #37

That's willful blindness melody Oct 2013 #47

Yes the teaparty is HERE MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #49

This is a childish discussion. I won't participate in it. eom melody Oct 2013 #52

Agreed MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #58

Russia sees pretty much everyone as their enemy. (no text) Quantess Oct 2013 #106

Okay then, fled to two foreign countries then. brush Oct 2013 #62

There's another scenario to consider. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #64

Maybe brush Oct 2013 #67

If Max Felt/Deep Throat were to out the NSA today... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #72

What about Anonymous? brush Oct 2013 #73

Things always "seem" easy form the outside looking in. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #74

I don't see it as that difficult brush Oct 2013 #75

I'm not buying it. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #81

A throw-away cell phone . . . brush Oct 2013 #83

I personally would not have taken that route. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #98

Those phones can't be traced . . . brush Oct 2013 #99

How would you turnover the documents to the press... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #102

He/She didn't say "enemies", but "rivals"..... George II Oct 2013 #71

Oh ok MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #78

I understand the 'getting a little tired' part. QuestForSense Oct 2013 #3

People who are tired of the story shouldn't be the first to post on threads about it. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #10

I should have been clearer. QuestForSense Oct 2013 #19

Glad for the disclosure . . . brush Oct 2013 #68

Yeah it's all about his fragile ego. wtmusic Oct 2013 #5

Again, why respond to a thread about someone you don't like? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #12

I think WTMusic was being sarcastic. deurbano Oct 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Indi Guy Oct 2013 #14

"Getting a little tired of this guy" SoapBox Oct 2013 #6

Why are you getting tired of him? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #13

and it's amazing that the people who bemoan the fact that people are talking about him.. frylock Oct 2013 #26

Really. How many interviews has he given in the past 4 months? Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #34

probably a bunch to the kgb stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #65

xe·no·pho·bia : fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners idwiyo Oct 2013 #85

If you are tired of him, why be the first to respond on a thread about him? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #8

At least in Russia or China, OnyxCollie Oct 2013 #16

We know that! nt. stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #66

You want something even worse? Fantastic Anarchist Oct 2013 #101

tired kardonb Oct 2013 #25

talk about saying something stupid, check this post.. frylock Oct 2013 #27

hahahahahaha! grasswire Oct 2013 #35

Then go back to sleep fascisthunter Oct 2013 #39

I'm getting tired of the 75 guys the administration has on rotation 24/7 GliderGuider Oct 2013 #46

He did a good thing with his . . . brush Oct 2013 #69

Too bad you can't put him on IGNORE. n/t DeSwiss Oct 2013 #53

I'd go farther than that: I don't think Snowden did any good at all, from where the evidence points. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #91

K&R. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #7

yes, just another "attention whore" reddread Oct 2013 #11

Thank you for kicking this thread up a notch. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #15

hoped my sarcasm was obvious reddread Oct 2013 #23

Thanks for your in depth work on this issue. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #30

I wish for once he'd actually name some of these clowns he worked under Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #18

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #20

k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Oct 2013 #21

Kicked and recommended, liking or not liking Snowden is irrelevant, he did the nation a service. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #22

Sure he did do the nation a service . . . brush Oct 2013 #42

Kick And Recommend - Agree Completely cantbeserious Oct 2013 #24

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2013 #28

argle bargle attention whore!!12 frylock Oct 2013 #29

Kreepy tech support guy says something. onehandle Oct 2013 #31

Thank you Snowden! Even with the authoritarians and reactionaries fighting to keep the heat off 20score Oct 2013 #32

The fleeing part doesn't bother you? brush Oct 2013 #44

Fuck no it doesn't bother me. It bothers me when people pretend he hasn't given up enough already. 20score Oct 2013 #48

There's no doubt in your mind about this guy fleeing? brush Oct 2013 #50

Let's see... doing the right thing and spending the rest of my life in prison.. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #57

+1 All these people advocating that he spend the rest of his life in prison... Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #56

This guy is supposed to be such a genius . . . brush Oct 2013 #61

Your comparing exposing Marysville rape culture to Snowdens revelations riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #76

Snowden could have revealed . . . brush Oct 2013 #79

Snowdens explained why he chose the journos that he did riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #80

HE DID AN HONORABLE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. brush Oct 2013 #82

Oh ffs. riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #87

Greenwald's a bit of an idiot, but I don't think he was using Snowden. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #92

Quite a different take on this brush Oct 2013 #93

Agreed. But, be prepared for the pro-fascist posts that are guaranteed to follow. n/t NoodleyAppendage Oct 2013 #89

I don't need Glenn are comrad eddie to tell me anything. stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #33

Another typical response #13 Indi Guy Oct 2013 #84

It's the haters w ho have elevated this OP! grasswire Oct 2013 #36

Since none of the BS that the people who hate him makes sense, what are there real punkin87 Oct 2013 #38

''The fish stinks from the head.'' ~Unknown DeSwiss Oct 2013 #55

“The system does not work,” except when it does. ucrdem Oct 2013 #40

Wow! 20score Oct 2013 #41

Then you're not trying very hard. ucrdem Oct 2013 #43

Thanks for this thread!! haikugal Oct 2013 #51

K&R DeSwiss Oct 2013 #54

+1000 Indi Guy Oct 2013 #59

Brilliant! 20score Oct 2013 #77

Yep, that's what happens when the system is rotten. Ash_F Oct 2013 #60

HERO. Period. NoodleyAppendage Oct 2013 #63

He gonna take it to a private eye polynomial Oct 2013 #70

k&r idwiyo Oct 2013 #86

Recommend. jsr Oct 2013 #88

Corrupt Conservatives hate whistleblowers. nt bananas Oct 2013 #90

Maybe so . . . brush Oct 2013 #94

why? garbage is garbage reddread Oct 2013 #95

You don't have any doubt . . . brush Oct 2013 #96

No doubts at all reddread Oct 2013 #97

Germany and France don't like their phones tapped lovuian Oct 2013 #100

Gigagate: Watergate×10^9 MisterP Oct 2013 #103

Take it one step further & Watergate×10^10 would be perpetrated by 'Tera'ists Indi Guy Oct 2013 #104

K&R woo me with science Oct 2013 #105