So what you’re saying is he’s a first amendment supporter with good aim who isn’t afraid to take direct action against federal surveillance overreach, right? I think you could sell this to the Republicans as a candidate just as easily as to the Democrats.

Nah, try six killed when Russians down a drone over the beach instead of it hitting it’s intended military target. We see you.

That’s a very weird binary view. Do you think every situation involves one hero and one villain? I’d say many situations involve no heroes at all.

Yeah, gonna go against the grain and say he’s a self-centered douchebag who made everything worse. He didn’t “risk his life”. He risked life in prison - and defected to a MUCH worse country for very, very, very stupid reasons. Any “I did it for freedom” excuses he spouted, or that you ascribe to him, are public relations bullshit.

If he had any integrity he’d have just gone to jail. Instead he went to fucking Putin, like THAT’S supporting freedom.