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1. "These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ecuador have my gratitude and..

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 03:58 PM

Jan 2015

respect for being the first to stand against human rights violations carried out by the powerful rather than the powerless. By refusing to compromise their principles in the face of intimidation, they have earned the respect of the world." - Edward Snowden.

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Russian citizens now have to fear being tagged in the wrong Social Media post [View all] stevenleser Jan 2015 OP

"These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ecuador have my gratitude and.. SidDithers Jan 2015 #1

Which is why I have said from the beginning that Snowden was a sophomoric fool who stevenleser Jan 2015 #4

hahahahahaha! Cali_Democrat Jan 2015 #6

First person I thought of. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #12

Well, Snowden was right on one thing. Igel Jan 2015 #13

I think the latter. Putin has been becoming steadily more Fascist, more the dictator as time goes on stevenleser Jan 2015 #15

Sort of like the evil Bush and Cheney regimes Generic Other Jan 2015 #22

Nope. Their cover for Putin is going to amount to much more harm than any good they could have done. stevenleser Jan 2015 #24

And Cheney had people arrested for protesting outside of First Amendment Zones Generic Other Jan 2015 #29

Nope, Putin's worse. These folks on Facebook/Twitter/VKontakte literally haven't done anything stevenleser Jan 2015 #32

And why is it our business? Generic Other Jan 2015 #34

No they aren't worse. nilesobek Jan 2015 #36

Actually, there won't because of Russia's nuclear arsenal. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #38

Yep, nice Red Herring raised by that poster stevenleser Jan 2015 #39

A lot of credit to Americans like me. nilesobek Jan 2015 #40

So what? NuclearDem Jan 2015 #41

I would have stopped there but you made my point for me. nilesobek Jan 2015 #42

not sure what Snowden is smoking Terra Alta Jan 2015 #19

Yeah, snowden's a liar. Cha Jan 2015 #30

k&r... spanone Jan 2015 #2

But the US is just as bad!!!!!!!!!!!! treestar Jan 2015 #3

I know, right? I'm waiting for the Putin apologia crowd to show up. stevenleser Jan 2015 #7

Fascism creeps in, under many guises... blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #5

Yes, it does, like under "European values" Boreal Jan 2015 #26

Global Research! NuclearDem Jan 2015 #27

When you are desperate for anything to support the side you have chosen, you choose global research stevenleser Jan 2015 #33

Let's wait to see what RT says about the story. jeff47 Jan 2015 #8

"This 'social media' is clearly a fascist hoax!" (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2015 #16

Leave Putin alooooone! geek tragedy Jan 2015 #9

Exactly! stevenleser Jan 2015 #10

Has anyone asked Glenn Greenwald to comment on this? nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #11

Well, Greenwald hasn't tweeted anything about Russia on Twitter in the last 5-7 days. stevenleser Jan 2015 #14

Russia is becoming a fascist, totalitarian state under Putin. nt Terra Alta Jan 2015 #17

100%. It's scary to watch. nt stevenleser Jan 2015 #20

but that can't be Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #18

I know, right? He's censoring social media because of Victoria Nuland. I'm waiting to hear someone stevenleser Jan 2015 #21

I think they are waiting for the Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #23

What RT became in the last two years is really sad. Putin effed up what could have been a good stevenleser Jan 2015 #25

yep nt Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #28

COOKIES! Cha Jan 2015 #31

Snowden, Greenwald, Poitras, Wheeler, Holland, Assange et al were unavailable for comment... Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #35

Kick nt stevenleser Jan 2015 #37