Quote:I understand there is a "hero" camp for Snowden, and a "traitor" camp for Snowden.

 

I respect your opinion, but I'm in the "traitor" camp.  Accordingly, I also disagree with your last point about what would happen if Hillary did what Snowden did, and vice versa.

I am not suggesting he is a hero, just that he reported widespread abuse and suffered dearly for it. He showed how the government was violating the rights of the people. Unfortunately for him, most of the population didn't understand what he was saying, and those who did, half of them didn't care. And now hes a traitor? Because he pointed out a government agency breaking our laws and constitution? I guess every whistleblower and rights activist is a traitor too, like that Peter Buxtun (tuskegee syphillis experiment)?

 

Snowden isn't even the first time someone has whistlebolown against the NSA (Perry Fellwock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Fellwock). Ironically they passed a law after Fellwock did it outlawing the NSA from spying on us. Which, of course, they are still doing. The only difference is Snowden did it 40 years later, and people are more complacent now, and willing to accept false narratives like 'Snowden is a traitor.' For shame.

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