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In reply to the discussion: Bob Schieffer destroys himself. Can't remember history. Pimps ad hominem illogic. [View all]lexington filly
(239 posts)More like comparing apples to planets for all the sense he made. King, etc. protested open, in-your-face, legal, degrading racial discrimination. It was written on water fountains, restrooms, everywhere--in black and white--literally and figuratively. Rev. King, etc. had followers, he wasn't alone. America at that time wasn't a place where you could imprison him in secret, long-term isolation creating an out of sight/out of mind scenario. Americans and media got in the faces of the authorities and howled "back in the day." Now, we t-w-e-e-t?
Cut Snowden some slack 'cause it's a different America and a different era of institutional immorality. What? He should be a suicidal information-bomber and wait at a D.C. McDonald's for the feds? I consider him a public servant for providing Americans with in-depth information our Constitution has become down-graded to grant just "situational freedoms" rather than guaranteed freedoms as originally written and lawfully enforced throughout our history. I'd like to see Snowden free and able to spill all the beans on how elements of the Constitution are being folded, spindled and mutilated. Call me nosy.
Our ancestors fought and died for that Constitution so I think it's worth listening to Snowden. It's worth some Shock & Awe that our 3 branches of government are secretly serving up our freedoms like a roasted pig with an apple in it's mouth. And it's damn well worth some howling and protests and marching until we get them back. See, I believe everyday people Are the government and those that work for the government such as judges and presidents and congress men and women are like our kids. Sometimes we have to discipline them, correct behaviors, and demonstrate whose really in charge.