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Why should he? He’s not Jesus or the world police.
by blub 4y ago
Why should he? He’s not Jesus or the world police.
- humanistbot 4y agoBecause he denied it was going to happen and expressed skepticism at Western intel reports about the invasion. Then he was silent after the invasion.
- blub 4y agoYes, he was wrong, can happen. It’s also unrelated to his claims about US agencies and US democracy. Why must he be a saint? He did more than most will do their entire lives already.
- renewiltord 4y agoPersonally, the only people I believe are those who are always right. For instance, Kernighan and Ritchie talk about the 'register' keyword in C. All very well, but I heard that one day Brian Kernighan said he'd brew a pot of coffee and just forgot. I'm not sure I can trust him so I never use that keyword. Too risky. Maybe if they would annotate who did which section. I bet Ritchie would never have done this.
- humanistbot 4y agoI believe people who admit when they are wrong, instead of refusing to talk about their past errors in judgement.
- renewiltord 4y agoRight. Fuck that register keyword.
- belltaco 4y ago>It’s also unrelated to his claims about US agencies and US democracy Definitely related, he used the run up to the war to dunk on US agencies' predictions saying they were war mongering. Not even two weeks before the war he tweeted: "There is nothing more grotesque than a media pushing for war." Can you explain how US media pushed Putin to war in the run up to the war rather than just reporting very credible intel from US agencies? Which appears to be a crime in Snowden's eyes.
- mgamache 4y agoHe talks about it here: https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/edward-snowden-explains-why-he-doesnt-talk-about-ukraine-crisis/ https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/edward-snowden-...
- Mikeb85 4y agoSounds like he's bought into Russian propaganda... "If you don't live in Russia you don't know the whole story" No but there's enough Ukrainians in my life who don't appreciate their country being invaded and subjected to genocide...
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- trackflak 4y agoA wiser choice under his circumstances. He knows the political climate in Russia.
- timmytokyo 4y agoIf it's wiser for him to remain silent in the face of despicable actions by his host government, why isn't it also wiser for him to speak negatively about his host government's antagonists? You can't really have it both ways. While I admire what Snowden did to expose abuses by the NSA, I also recognize that his credibility is severely tarnished by the physical location in which he currently resides.