Who should Edward Snowden be compared to?

[ProSense]

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	John Brown
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	Ghandi
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	Martin Luther King
	0 (0%)
	Nelson Mandela
	0 (0%)
	Rosa Parks
	0 (0%)
	Paul Revere
	1 (13%)
	All of the above
	0 (0%)
	None of the above
	4 (50%)
	Other
	1 (13%)
	WTF?
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[Gravitycollapse]

1. Put me down as not giving a shit.

[whatchamacallit]

2. Well if it's true that he's an opportunist, I'd say

ProSense.

[Gravitycollapse]

3. Lulz.

[ProSense]

4. He's your hero.

[whatchamacallit]

8. Nope, I'm indifferent to him

Others have an unhealthy fixation, right Pro?

[ProSense]

12. Yeah, you're

"Nope, I'm indifferent to him"

...just upset at the people who don't characterize him as a hero, right?

"Others have an unhealthy fixation, right Pro?"

Is that why you seek out every thread I post, whatchamacallit? (<<<LOL)

[whatchamacallit]

16. You know I've never called him that

but false characterization is your forte.

[ProSense]

20. What's

"You know I've never called him that but false characterization is your forte."

...your "forte": http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3137715

I mean, you seem offended by the fact that anyone dare to criticize Snowden, but you're apparently afraid to own up to that.

[whatchamacallit]

28. Nope, wrong as usual

I don't have a fully formed opinion of Snowden's character. Your protozoan brain has you conflating not wanting to make it about him with hero worship.

[ProSense]

29. Do you

"I don't have a fully formed opinion of Snowden's character. Your protozoan brain has you conflating not wanting to make it about him with hero worship. "

...realize the insults are only masking the obvious displeasure you have with criticism of Snowden?

[whatchamacallit]

30. I have displeasure with obfuscation

This may be too nuanced for you, so carry on swinging that wrecking ball.

[ProSense]

33. And

"I have displeasure with obfuscation

This may be too nuanced for you, so carry on swinging that wrecking ball."

...I have no use for hypocrisy: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3137715

[JaneyVee]

6. IT'S NOT ABOUT PROSENSE!

[ProSense]

9. LOL! n/t

[SidDithers]

34. Hehe...

Sid

[treestar]

5. someone posted on another thread

We are still waiting for the Jesus Christ comparison.

[Whisp]

26. I'm waiting for Gollum. n/t

[flamingdem]

7. This comes to mind

[Purveyor]

10. You would get the response you wanted had you listed "Jonathan Pollard". Just saying... eom

[JI7]

11. Jonathan Pollard and James O'Keefe

[MannyGoldstein]

13. He can be *compared* to any of 'em

Did you mean to ask who he's most similar to?

[ProSense]

17. So

"He can be *compared* to any of 'em

Did you mean to ask who he's most similar to?"

...you're saying "All of the above"? No, I asked what I meant to ask.

[MannyGoldstein]

21. He's most like Daniel Ellsberg, of course.

But he should be compared to Chang and Eng, IMHO.

[ProSense]

24. Wait,

"He's most like Daniel Ellsberg, of course."

...not John Brown? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023124595

Nope, not Ellsberg.

[MannyGoldstein]

27. Wait...

...not John Brown? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023124595

Nope, not John Brown.

Yep, Ellsberg.

[Zorra]

14. Trying to hide the real issue yet again? Hey, check out this video from Alan Grayson!

[ProSense]

18. Thanks for the clip. It's irrelevant to the OP. LOL! n/t

[Zorra]

23. It's totally relevant. It is the information you are trying hide behind your silly strawman. nt

[ProSense]

25. No, that's your opinion, and I completely disagree.

In fact, your comment is pure obfuscation.

[sibelian]

15. I don't think comparing him to anybody means anything, particularly...

[SidDithers]

19. I'm thinking more along the lines of Captain Ahab...

or Don Quixote.

Sid

[Arctic Dave]

22. Obama?

They do look a lot alike.

Let's face it, you never see them together.

[Crabby Appleton]

31. Pee Wee Herman

[bravenak]

32. Sarah Palin.

I don't know why but he reminds me of her. The hero worship, the press going gaga, the inevitable questions about competence and now the fall.
I wonder if he needs an exorcism and when will his Fox News gig start. I bet he will be joining the freedum party wih her.

[cherokeeprogressive]

35. These people...

Peter Buxtun
Daniel Ellsberg
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński
W. Mark Felt
Karen Silkwood
Stanley Adams
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Gregory C. Minor, Richard B. Hubbard, and Dale G. Bridenbaugh
John Michael Gravitt
Duncan Edmonds
Mordechai Vanunu
Roland Gibeault
Douglas D. Keeth
William Schumer
Myron Mehlman
Mark Whitacre
Frederic Whitehurst
Jeffrey Wigand
Allan Cutler
Gary Webb
Alasdair Roberts
Norman Matloff
Shiv Chopra
Paul van Buitenen
Rita Pal
Marc Hodler
Harry Markopolos
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Pascal Diethelm, Jean-Charles Rielle
Jesselyn Radack
Kathryn Bolkovac
Cynthia Cooper
Sherron Watkins
Coleen Rowley
Marta Andreasen
Glenn Walp
Steven L. Doran
Diane Urquhart
Katharine Gun
Robert MacLean
Babak Pasdar
Vijay Bahadur Singh
Joseph Wilson
Richard Convertino
Joe Darby
Hans-Peter Martin
Brad Birkenfeld
Shawn Carpenter
Gary J. Aguirre
Justin Hopson
Robert J. McCarthy
Wendell Potter
Michael Paul
Ingvar Bratt
Gerald W. Brown
Walter DeNino
Satyendra Dubey
Sibel Edmonds
Marlene Garcia Esperat
David Franklin...

and many others. Oh wait... you were just being sarcastic in a misguided and unneeded attempt to defend President Obama.

Never mind.

[ProSense]

37. No,

"Oh wait... you were just being sarcastic in a misguided and unneeded attempt to defend President Obama. "

...I was listing people who Snowden has been compared to. You obviously disagree with the list in the OP, but that doesn't mean the comparisons haven't been made.

[cherokeeprogressive]

38. So you listed people Snowden has been compared to...

in a misguided and unneeded attempt to defend President Obama.

[ProSense]

39. That's

"So you listed people Snowden has been compared to..."

...correct.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

36. Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of the news that Tyranny is comin

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of the news that Tyranny is coming!

[Recursion]

54. Paul Revere was arrested in Lincoln, MA, and spent the night in British custody

So, here's hoping...

[Douglas Carpenter]

55. I love that picture and photo and the sentiment - although Daniel Ellsberg who strongly supports him

and says that Snowden's revelations are even far more important than his revelations of the Pentagon Papers might be more comparable. But then again Ellsberg revealed something that had happened in the past - Mr. Snowden like the traditional story of Paul Revere has set off the alarms that unless things are stopped tyranny is on its way. I cannot imagine any scenario where any state anywhere could set up such a massive network of surveillance without it turning in time into an authoritarian instrument of control. It boggles my mind that people cannot see something so patently obvious.

[AtomicKitten]

40. Boo Radley.

[LaydeeBug]

41. Edward Snowden. nt

[baldguy]

42. I once worked with a guy who stole our company's customer contact database.

Then he tried to start his own business by highjacking our customers.

It was a pain in the ass for about a year and a half. There were a few clients that jumped ship, but they were the small fry. All of our best & most lucrative customers remained loyal.

The owners of our company sued the guy & won big. He lost his business, all his money, most of his friends. Even his wife divorced him. You know there's that cliche: "You'll never work in this town again!"? Well, he never did.

That's who Snowden reminds me of.

[krawhitham]

44. +1

[krawhitham]

43. James O'Keefe

[Number23]

46. Ouch!

[Major Hogwash]

45. Alfred E. Neuman -- the idiot kid

He's oblivious to how much trouble he has caused the entire world.

"What, me worry?"

[blue neen]

47. Harvey.

You know, the Pooka.

Glenn Greenwald would be Elwood P. Dowd.

[Narkos]

48. Aldrich Ames

[NoOneMan]

49. The guy standing in front of the 800 LB Gorilla in the room

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

50. Daniel Ellsberg, who supports him and his efforts.

[MannyGoldstein]

51. Indeed! A video that EVERYONE should watch:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023138437#post5

[Lil Missy]

52. Robert Hanssen. Also .....

He should also be compared with someone looking at life in prison.

[rsmith6621]

53. Disneys Goofy Character.

[galileoreloaded]

56. you forgot abe lincoln

herpy derpy NonSense

[vdogg]

57. Didn't see Benedict Arnold

So I went with none of the above.

[jmowreader]

58. Garry Trudeau's Red Rascal

That's if he's telling the truth about his motivation. At this point, tho, he's proving to be as full of shit as a Christmas Goose, so the American Flag and Apple Pie routine is probably as fallacious as his claim he could tap any phone in the world. Liars tend to lie about everything.

If this is a blackmail case, compare him to Clayton Lonetree, the Marine security guard who let Soviet agents into the Moscow Embassy cipher room to conceal the fact he was fucking KGB officers.

If it was money, let's compare him to James Hall, the Army warrant officer who sold the complete National SIGINT Requirements List (a document that's five feet thick) to the Soviets, and God only knows how he got it.

[craigmatic]

59. Either the Rosenburgs or that Shakur lady who had to flee to Cuba to avoid the police.

[Marr]

60. Jesus, take a day off. /nt

[Earth_First]

61. +1 n/t