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Ron Obvious

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5. A genuine hero and whistleblower

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2013, 04:02 PM

Nov 2013

Who sacrificed a great deal personally to expose the excesses of the burgeoning US surveillance state.

I wonder who here would have had a single bad thing to say about him had Bush still been president while this all came out?

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Ed Snowden [View all] struggle4progress Nov 2013 OP

Definitely not a tool of the establishment. tblue Nov 2013 #1

A Hero..... MagnumUK Nov 2013 #2

I believe he has truly been good for the people. He has shown a light on the NSA cockroaches peacebird Nov 2013 #3

Just a tip-- mocking NSA whistleblowers now, after so much has come out... Marr Nov 2013 #4

Mileage may vary struggle4progress Nov 2013 #6

+1000 grasswire Nov 2013 #10

A genuine hero and whistleblower Ron Obvious Nov 2013 #5

We need more whistle blowers like him and reporters like Greenwald. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #7

I selected, "whistleblower". Vanje Nov 2013 #8

^^^ grasswire Nov 2013 #9

He wears frumpy sweaters, too. Quantess Nov 2013 #11

I love blatant push polls like this. It exposes the authoritarians amongst us so neatly riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #12

I chose "Stripper dating freedom-hater who doesn't unpack his boxes." last1standing Nov 2013 #13

I WAS going to go with "who gives a fuck"... KittyWampus Nov 2013 #14

Ed Snowden is ... muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #15

you forgot China n/t Enrique Nov 2013 #16