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In reply to the discussion: Edward Snowden is an opportunist [View all]PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)88. Edward Snowden is an opportunist and I am glad.
Snowden as a personality is irrelevant.
My heart hurts at how far off the rails of kindness my home, from USA to neighborhood, has jolted since my youth.
We are not living in a moral, legal, nor just system and the situation is getting worse.
Read your OP and be realistic with manners and humble.
Denial is not perceiving the pathologies between humanity and Earth and within humanity.
Do you know what it is to put your existence on the line for principal?
Do you know what it is to put your existence on the line for principal and lose?
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Don't forget the whole girlfriend thing. That's the last straw! Domestic spying must be OK then!1!
PSPS
Jun 2013
#2
No. I am telling you that this is the FIRST TIME docs have been produced
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#29
Well, he actually worked in intel for years, and produced documentation as well.
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#36
So, I guess you are willing to dismiss all because of that, but other find him very credible.
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#44
Because of political persecution, we have members of congress openly calling him a traitor.
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#63
After donating to Ron Paul and refusing to vote for Obama, Snowden now feels oh-so-very-betrayed
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#58
Snowden waited to release the documents, hoping Obama would bring change
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#70
I used to think that. But after months and months of watching TV nekkid with my phone number
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#62
You're out here protecting the honor of the American Stasi, are you not? n/t
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#39
that's why he leaked the info about spying on Medvedev right as Obama met with Putin??
MjolnirTime
Jun 2013
#21
If that were true (personal gain/spy) you would have never heard of him. n/t
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#27