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The ironic part is that the people who rail against Snowden in grabbing "everything" instead of only the "bad, important stuff" is exactly what Snowden is demon
by will_pseudonym 11y ago
The ironic part is that the people who rail against Snowden in grabbing "everything" instead of only the "bad, important stuff" is exactly what Snowden is demonstrating that the government is doing! If they hate what Snowden did, why don't they hate what the government is doing in SECRET, to EVERYONE?
- tptacek 11y agoHow does this argument even make sense? It is trivially possible to be angry at both the USG and Snowden.
- fineman 11y agoSure. But this is a great counter to the all-to-frequent dismissals framed as criticisms that Snowden should have done something more. "Sure, I support valid whistle-blowers, but what Snowden did ..." It's a simple way to show that to be hypocritical authoritarianism rather than valid criticism when they don't make the connection.
- aidenn0 11y agoYour argument makes no sense; you could indeed say "The ironic thing about those supporting Snowden is that he grabbed "everything" instead of only the "bad, important stuf" which is exactly what they are complaining the government did.
- will_pseudonym 11y agoExcept governments are supposed to be accountable to their constituents. Had the government been transparent about what they were doing, there would be no need to blow the whistle in the first place, creating the need for Snowden to collect intelligence on the NSA's spying programs. EDIT: It's victim blaming.