• LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 hours ago

    I totally get it, I live next to that big pain in the ass as well. Luckily, he hasn’t invaded us yet, but I feel it’s only a matter of time. And what Snowden does here certainly doesn’t help.

    But he could have just done nothing and lived a very happy life. Instead, he chose to give up his happy life to uncover the NSA scandal, knowing full well that it will absolutely wreck his life.

    Personally, I think he did enough for the greater good there. This isn’t his war, and if he has to post some lies to get a bit of normalcy back in his life, I can understand that. I wish it wasn’t that way, but I can understand it.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      The issue is that he is supporting russian genocidal imperialism. His messaging clearly aligns with russian propaganda goals.

      Is it not reasonable for me to consider him my enemy (he directly supports doing harm to me, my family and my fellow citizens)?

      As far I am concerned, I hope Snowden and his family will one day be on the recieving end of russian brutality.

      I don’t buy the logic of “he did one good thing, so it’s fine for him to promote russian genocidal imperialism”.

      If he can’t stay consistent, he should have never got involved in the NSA issue in the first place.

      He clearly enjoys the attention (just look at this post). He could have simply shut up and not worked with russian security services (the russians wouldn’t kill him, they need him alive).

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        2 hours ago

        His messaging clearly aligns with russian propaganda goals.

        Well yeah, he’s in Russia. What’s he supposed to do?

        He did one good thing. Now he’s in Russia, so ignore pretty much anything he days says that could in some way benefit Russia.

        Why do they need him alive? Any information he has is a decade old at this point. He’s only useful to them alive while he has a platform.