Nobody is going to change their mind about Snowden.

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61. As long as some are reaching for metaphors to justify an absolute or ambiguous position…

Fire up the flamethrowers.

Let’s presume that Snowden’s knowledge that our government is secretly invading our privacy on a mass scale is a fetus that “he” can no longer or cannot carry. Oath. Shmoath. I think he has explained and demonstrated the burden of his decision to “abort” and reveal this knowledge to the world. (I know I’m convoluting the metaphor because an abortion is not something one wants to share with the world. And Roe v. Wade was essentially a decision based on privacy.) But the laws protecting a woman’s privacy, they are a changing state by state. And not in a good way IMO.

So, if you will indulge my imperfect metaphor a bit more. We don’t know if the extent of this fetus revelation is five, ten, twenty plus weeks or a full-blown baby of disclosure revealing the passcodes to our government’s nuclear football. That’s irrelevant when our government has relinquished surveillance of our privacy to third party corporations at the cost of trillions of our tax paying dollars and priceless detriment to the transparency of our democracy.

And if he had to go to the back alleys of China, Russia, Ecuador, etc. he went where he could go because he will never be safe here in the formerly good ole USA. Just ask Bradley Manning.

If it’s not apparent for the slow thinkers, I’m equating the self-righteous attitudes of these out-breaking restricting and dangerous abortion policies with those that will condemn Snowden for treason (not possible under our Constitution since there has not been a declaration of war since WW2).

I’m a proud DU veteran and don’t post that much, but in the words of Grannie from TBH, “Jeb, they riled me.”

Bring it on Bitches.

Actually just talk amongst yourselves. Food for thought. I’m going to the beach.