Threadban - Rule 3 violation
Look, trying to silo discussion of Snowden and Assange, when it is now a newly complicated public debate, just feels like a knee-jerk reaction.
It would be better if the poll had more options, and didn't link the two.
Because Assange is not the same situation as Snowden.
Snowden had good intentions domestically, but he really should have found a way to avoid being sheltered but the CCP or Russia. Frankly I expect Snowden will end up 'mobilized' eventually, and probably end up in t hole in the ground in the Donbas, no matter what his intentions were.
Assange however...he did less damage to the US than the people who suppressed the Hunter Biden story.
Edit: And before some mod decides to send a 'friendly warning' my way, the topic of Musk's actions around these two is not going to go away just because feddie and DoD here get their panties in a twist over them.
It's in the general public discourse now, outside of any Staff power to quell.
It would be better if the poll had more options, and didn't link the two.
Because Assange is not the same situation as Snowden.
Snowden had good intentions domestically, but he really should have found a way to avoid being sheltered but the CCP or Russia. Frankly I expect Snowden will end up 'mobilized' eventually, and probably end up in t hole in the ground in the Donbas, no matter what his intentions were.
Assange however...he did less damage to the US than the people who suppressed the Hunter Biden story.
Edit: And before some mod decides to send a 'friendly warning' my way, the topic of Musk's actions around these two is not going to go away just because feddie and DoD here get their panties in a twist over them.
It's in the general public discourse now, outside of any Staff power to quell.