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In reply to the discussion: A big "FU" to the United States by other countries? [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)and I have no problem admitting that. I joined Du because it was a place that valued freedom and the constitution at a time when both were under attack. Both are still under attack, except the DU I once knew has turned into the presidential cheeleading squad simply because he's now a Dem. Well, okay, SOME of DU has. I don't give a flying fuck if Snowden is libertarian, has sex with trees, picks his nose, masturbates to bondage porn, or whatever else people say about him. What I care about is that he risked his life and his freedom to do something for his country, and unlike serving in the military and stealing Middle Eastern oil, this was a service to America that actually mattered.
So if you have a problem with him or what he did, then I have a problem with you. And if you think that proposing legislation to end spying on Americans is a good thing but yet we should crucify the man who helped bring that change about, then take your fucking legislation and shove it where the sun don't shine. Because there's no real change unless you make it safe for people to make change.