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5. I hear you, Will. On many levels I do admire Snowden, but like I said ...

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Sun Jun 23, 2013, 07:33 PM

Jun 2013

I tend to be a little bit stingy in my use of the term "hero".

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Thoreau went to jail. Gandhi went to jail. MLK went to jail. Snowden went to Hong Kong. [View all] 11 Bravo Jun 2013 OP

And lots of Vietnam War resistors went to Canada. WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #1

I hear you, Will. On many levels I do admire Snowden, but like I said ... 11 Bravo Jun 2013 #5

Fair enough. WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #8

In what way are your choices limited to calling him a hero or launching illogical and Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #9

Not to mention that a few weeks in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #15

MLK was risking his life and he did end up losing it JI7 Jun 2013 #28

nobody thought they were heroes, they didn't want to go to a war they openly opposed JI7 Jun 2013 #27

Why not? treestar Jun 2013 #29

I was eligible for the draft during Vietnam rustydog Jun 2013 #45

There ya go. n/t BumRushDaShow Jun 2013 #2

Reagan didn't go to jail. Cheney didn't go to jail. Nixon didn't go to jail. eShirl Jun 2013 #3

False equivalence on your part. The poster was referencing people that actually stood for bluestate10 Jun 2013 #10

The 'Holy Family' fled into Egypt to avoid their government. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #16

I'm still waiting to hear what his "heroics" revealed, heretofore unknown. CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #4

To answer your questions: Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #13

Obviously, you haven't read the documents jazzimov Jun 2013 #17

Watch this and get back to me Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #20

If it's nothing new, it's not breaking the law, is it? MNBrewer Jun 2013 #21

Why equate him to any of those people in any way? It makes no sense at all. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #6

um..what is,.. this isn't about Snowden? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #7

I wonder what America would look like had it not been for Daniel Ellsberg. Gregorian Jun 2013 #11

Difference being zeeland Jun 2013 #12

Snowden is a hero Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #14

I'm not 100% convinced he's looking out for the common good of OUR democratic republic anymore JaneyVee Jun 2013 #19

If he intends to release more information Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #35

You don't toss around the word "hero"... former9thward Jun 2013 #18

+++ marions ghost Jun 2013 #36

No they didn't, but they faced the maximum for the "crimes" they committed rustydog Jun 2013 #46

Nelson Mandela didn''t have the balls to face consequences? former9thward Jun 2013 #47

What in hell has hero worship got to do with it? 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #22

Basically you want Snowden to do "Epistles from the Federal Jail" KoKo Jun 2013 #23

Don't call him a hero. It doesn't change what our government is doing. morningfog Jun 2013 #24

Does that mean if he does go to jail you will change course and call him a hero? morningfog Jun 2013 #25

Larry Flint went to jail Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #26

"A Night at the Movies with PeeWee Herman" Dash87 Jun 2013 #44

If they were alive today they would probably go to Gitmo The Straight Story Jun 2013 #30

Bradley Manning got supermaxed. n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #31

. 20score Jun 2013 #32

I haven't called anyone a hero.. 99Forever Jun 2013 #33

R#4 & K for, EXcellent!1 n/t UTUSN Jun 2013 #34

You've got to go to jail to be a hero? sibelian Jun 2013 #37

It's even more ironic when you consider... randome Jun 2013 #38

there's jail and then there's jail 90-percent Jun 2013 #39

If going to jail makes one a hero, then the US is a hero super factory. ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #40

puke-worthy post. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #41

Snowden wouldn't be going to jail, though. He would disappear. Taverner Jun 2013 #42

None of those people were facing life. n/t Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #43