You know, I didn't think Snowden was some kind of hero. Until today.

[gulliver]

182. Being anti-"State" is a catostrophically wrong and poor decision.

It makes zero sense unless you are framing the "state" in the fictional, paranoid world of George Orwell or the non-fictional, paranoid worlds of Cambodia, the Republicans, etc. It's just plain wrong, and frankly piss poor thinking. You might be stuck in a false nightmare based on one or two lazy or stale decisions. In that nightmare, Snowden is a hero, I'll grant you.

On the other hand, you might be the type who wants to cheat people in business, oppress the poor and keep them down, discriminate, etc. That's another type of Republicanism. Or you might just be someone who wants to reorder the world in an undemocratic way, commit crimes, or generally destroy things. From those "anti-human" points of view, the democratically elected government might look like an impediment. Snowden is a hero from those points of view too.

Snowden and Greenwald are extremely counterproductive. They are the kind of hero who drills holes in the bottom of the boat to let the water out.