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> I think that history will look kindly at Snowden I don't. As much as I want it to, and as much as the HN group wants to, the crazy (sad) thing is that a vast
by acconrad 11y ago
> I think that history will look kindly at Snowden
I don't. As much as I want it to, and as much as the HN group wants to, the crazy (sad) thing is that a vast number of Americans not only do not know who he is[1], but those that do are polarized as to whether he did the right thing or not[2] - he barely won a majority vote of the minority who even know who he is.
[1] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/06/john-oliver-interview-political-disengagement-american-public/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/06/john-oliver-in...
[2] http://www.newsweek.com/most-americans-think-snowden-did-right-thing-poll-says-253163 http://www.newsweek.com/most-americans-think-snowden-did-rig...
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoFortunately, the average American will not be writing the history of the early 21st century. Just imagine how horrible our understanding of past events would be if that was the case. And there's a number of people we idolize today that were demonized by the government of their time; take Martin Luther King for instance.