• idiomaddict@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    What parts are objectively bad? see a lot that’s subjectively bad for the US, but plenty of other people are glad to know that they had been spied on and plenty of other countries are happy to have the US lose some significant pr points.

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      8 months ago

      It wasn’t just US assets that were uncovered in the leak.

      The Chinese were able to decrypt much of it causing nations other than the USA to need to evacuate personnel for safety reasons.

      Your feelings are one thing, seeing the USA with egg on its face always gets folks happy, rah rah USA bad we get it. That doesn’t change what happened.

      Snowden isn’t the villain he is made out to be by the USA but goddamn did he do a stupid thing in a dumb way and isn’t the hero folks who like to see the USA fail make him out to be.

      Chances are people in your country who work to keep you safe had their lives put at risk because of how he leaked what he leaked. Good still came out of it. It can be both.

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        8 months ago

        Chances are people in your country who work to keep you safe

        appeal to emotion

        but goddamn did he do a stupid thing in a dumb way and isn’t the hero folks who like to see the USA fail make him out to be.

        speculation. do be careful speaking as if you’re the adult in the room with absolutely nothing to show that you deserve this respect.

        and provide links please, i find your argument spurious so let’s dispense with the pleasantry

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          8 months ago

          Christ on a stick get your logical fallacy bullshit out of a casual conversation we’re having online.

          If you need a source for my opinion then it’s me.

          If you need a source for the things I’m asserting then I’d honestly say go to Wikipedia because it’s probably the best resource for info that’s reviewed and has a trail. Beyond that I would wager you’d find issue with anything that corroborates what I assert.

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        8 months ago

        That’s subjectively bad for the personnel and subjectively good for China. I’m not saying it was subjectively good for countries like Canada or Germany, but someone did benefit.