Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal

Re:Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal by Jtsummers on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:25PM (#12533051)

I live near a military base, views against him are quite common here. The defense culture, in general, and those who view "security" [0] as the primary role of our government also condemn him.

[0] This is a non-partisan view. I hear it from Democrats, Republicans, and some Libertarians (who hold more to the fiscal sense of modern libertarianism than the civil liberties sense, which is a shame). There's a large group of people in the US who seem to believe that security for-its-own-sake cannot be evil, in an ends-justify-the-means version of morality.

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Re:Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal by Practicality on Monday September 19, 2016 @02:25PM (#12533526)

Thanks for explaining. As jacalata pointed out I don't have much interaction with people with that point of view, hence why I have such a strong aversion to comments saying Americans feel that way.

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