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Re:Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal by slowmovintarget on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:37AM (#12532218)
There's a difference in saying you have that opinion, and asserting that opinion is objectively true as in the article.

While I disagree with the "anyone" part, I do believe that condemnation of Snowden comes most often from ignorance. The more I learned of the leaks in particular, and Snowden's reasoning on the information, the more I came to view his actions as necessary for a free society.

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Re:Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal by omginternets on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:40AM (#12532250)
Indeed, the "anyone" was hyperbolic and misguided on my part. It should read "I have yet to see a condemnation of Snowden that was not intellectually lazy or misinformed".
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