I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.
Nice try, NSA
Yeah, I wish he didn’t end up in Russia, but it’s understandable.
There was pretty much nowhere else he would have been safe from being extradited to the US, if not immediately, then as a political bargain.
Snowden should have flown to Ecuador first and then released what he knew.
Didn’t he try to do exactly that?
I thought he revealed the info and then fled.
Oh you mean he should have waited until he was in Ecuador before having Greenwald start the leaks…
Yeah, I’m not sure why he didn’t do it that way. Maybe there’s a reason, but I don’t remember it.
Finally we had a guy truthfully hollering that the sky was falling and, at the end of the day, no-one gave a shit.
Oh yes. It’s a shame he didn’t have the opportunity to leak the Epstein Files.
Absolutely. I might not agree with his opinions but leaks were clearly a net good for the humanity and incredibly hard thing to do.
I don’t know. He reminds me more of Emma Goldman – an idealist and an anarchist.
If anything the world has become a far harsher place than it was more than a decade ago, what with dictators doubling down in trying to put down dissent, as whatever he divulged didn’t seem to stop those monsters, regardless of what flag they wrap around themselves.
No shade on Snowden, but I’m not sure that’s an apt comparison.
Yes, he’s a hero And he shouldn’t be punished for calling out the he found. Hope he’s having a great day
Yes, 100 percent. The fact that he’s in exile in Russia is because he cannot get a fair trial in the US. He was never a Russian asset, he’s a whistleblower being unfairly persecuted
If he was a russian asset he’d be president today
Or the head of intelligence
I should. There’s just something about him. It’s like he loves to hear himself talk. I just can’t get past that.
It’s like Julian Assange. I know there were serious accusations against Assange (that may have been fabricated) but even before those there was something that kept me from believing he was truly righteous.
Chelsea Manning though is a hero, imo.
He had a ton to say. That is why he was so talkative. What was crazy is, during an interview, a fire alarm went off where he was and everybody was freaked out. It was supposedly maintenance. They had to unplug everything, even the simple hotel room phone, that could have been bugged.
To me, it was like he felt the world should be listening to him all along. He just happened to find something the world had an interest in hearing.
I know It might be unfair on my part. It just never sat right with me.
He did good. Would I have preferred he leaked the names and addresses of the people doing domestic surveillance? Sure. But he tried to take it to the press and then got the hell out of there.
The fact he wasn’t pardoned also is very stupid. The easiest way to kill Snowden is to pardon him at this point. Its such an easy win win for politicians.
He’s a hero. Doesn’t matter that it ended up being largely ignored by the public. He was motivated by doing good and sacrificed himself for it. That’s the definition of a hero. A former coworker said “who’s Edward Snowden?” when he came up. From that moment on, I judged her a moron, and that turned out to be a correct judgement.
I think he blew up his life to reveal something the general public probably should be aware of, but ultimately didn’t care about.
Idk if it was heroic, but it certainly was interesting how he released the info slowly to get catch the government in numerous lies attempting to downplay the truth of the matter. One of the Obama administration’s biggest blights.
Yes. Unequivocally.
Was going to write these exact words.
Damn right he is. He risked his safety and his life (and still does) to make sure we all know more about how the feds are spying on their own citizens.
He’s a true hero of the American People, that one, make no mistake.
