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Summer Hathaway

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37. According to DU folklore

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 03:14 AM

Jun 2013

the wise poster is as skeptical of the gov't as he/she is of those who make declarations that they choose not to prove (or are unable to prove).

In Snowden's case, it seems that such cautions should be thrown to the wind - and anything he says, proven or not, should be accepted at face value, and never questioned.

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Snowden is a Traitor. [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 OP

Your opinion. Lex Jun 2013 #1

Ohhhh........... Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #2

Agreed. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #3

Ok. Please enumerate an act of treason committed by Snowden. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #4

do you have inside information, other than these nuggets pulled outta your ass? frylock Jun 2013 #5

Ass- nuggets Vanje Jun 2013 #12

Yes, Senator McCarthy! Er, Mr. Cheney!, Er... villager Jun 2013 #6

Are you the ballerina he jilted? leftstreet Jun 2013 #7

+1 Vanje Jun 2013 #13

+2 BrotherIvan Jun 2013 #34

Well, this was a waste of 15 seconds of my life. n/t ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #8

Oh Boo Freaking Hoo NoPasaran Jun 2013 #25

Thank you Dick Cheney neverforget Jun 2013 #9

+1 Vanje Jun 2013 #14

+2 BrotherIvan Jun 2013 #35

Not even the US constitution agrees with you nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #10

So says Dick Cheney Vanje Jun 2013 #11

He sure didn't do this out of the goodness of his heart Whisp Jun 2013 #15

I honestly dont know why your so sure Vanje Jun 2013 #16

'direct access' Whisp Jun 2013 #17

I dont understand what you mean Vanje Jun 2013 #21

he initially said that the NSA had 'direct access' to Google and all those. Whisp Jun 2013 #22

Ah. I understand now. Vanje Jun 2013 #23

According to DU folklore Summer Hathaway Jun 2013 #37

I ask myself: Who has the most motivation to lie? Vanje Jun 2013 #47

"He sure didn't do this out of the goodness of his heart and his love of liberty." Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #19

+1 flamingdem Jun 2013 #26

How do YOU know where he stands on gays or voting rights? HangOnKids Jun 2013 #30

he supported Ron Paul , those libertarians have never supported many of those things JI7 Jun 2013 #33

And why does he leave the toilet seat up after pissing joeglow3 Jun 2013 #48

Totally agree with this statement. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #18

*PLONK* backscatter712 Jun 2013 #20

Typical Republican strategy mick063 Jun 2013 #24

There are plenty of Democrats who have criticized Snowden. In fact both republicans and Democrats still_one Jun 2013 #27

Indeed, but the criticism remains the same. sibelian Jun 2013 #49

He is very, very, naughty and upset the establishment. Tsk, tsk. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #28

facinating.. nt galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #29

It is sad that DU is being flooded with far-right nonsense such as this lately. redgreenandblue Jun 2013 #31

Take it as an indicator marions ghost Jun 2013 #70

according to pro-NSA DUers - he didn't reveal ANYTHING that EVERYBODY didn't already know! Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #32

"he didn't reveal ANYTHING that EVERYBODY didn't already know!"..... Vanje Jun 2013 #53

Lady Freedom Fries Returns whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #36

wow. deep. thoughtful. cali Jun 2013 #38

Heck yes he's a traitor ucrdem Jun 2013 #39

So what;s the different between a "spirit" traitor and a "letter" traitor? sibelian Jun 2013 #45

He's a Paul-Bot. That's all you need to know about his world view. nt Kahuna Jun 2013 #40

ACLU is a bunch of paulbots as well i assume... allin99 Jun 2013 #52

The ACLU are spinning their wheels. They will get nowhere with this. nt Kahuna Jun 2013 #58

nowhere did i mention their chance of success...they didn't win... allin99 Jun 2013 #59

LOL! Well then. What was the point of posting that?.. Kahuna Jun 2013 #60

huh? are you reading dif. msgs? what was... allin99 Jun 2013 #62

They are all in the same room, they get confused some times. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #64

are you being sarcastic? allin99 Jun 2013 #66

Never Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #67

Phew! there's only so much bizarre i can handle. allin99 Jun 2013 #68

of course you think he is a traitor. all the Obama defenders do. you are all so predictable. boilerbabe Jun 2013 #41

Boy, there sure are getting to be more and more "not hero" traitors lately. nt bemildred Jun 2013 #42

Et tu, Brute? sibelian Jun 2013 #43

he's a loser traitor at that too.. HipChick Jun 2013 #44

Post number 5,467 saying the exact same thing! Congrats! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #46

Were it not for snowden's leak... allin99 Jun 2013 #50

Udall and Wyden : Heros! and REAL LIVE DEmocrats! Vanje Jun 2013 #55

Says you, Cheney and Bohner. former9thward Jun 2013 #51

yes we've seen this silly spin before........ bowens43 Jun 2013 #54

I'm sure that when you wrote this post.... sgtbenobo Jun 2013 #56

Holy Shit That Is Perfect! HangOnKids Jun 2013 #63

Since when is revealing Government Corruption treason? Octafish Jun 2013 #57

to many, obama trumps the constition. it's actually... allin99 Jun 2013 #61

I didn't know Michele Bachmann posted here. Apophis Jun 2013 #65

I disagree. closeupready Jun 2013 #69

Snowden was not a politician that is violating the privacy of American citizens cpwm17 Jun 2013 #71

No, no he is not. At least not yet. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #72