Snowden did absolutely nothing wrong. He swore to uphold the constitution when he took his oath for office. By exposing an unjust government I do not believe he did anything wrong, I would not call it irresponsible. He did what he thought was right for the good of the country. If the government is doing something that they try and keep secret should they really be doing it? In the TED talk Julian Assange says that wikileaks gives the world a real look at what the government is doing and what is going on.
I think the current state of freedom of speech is doing just fine. For instance I am able to voice my opinion for everyone to see and nothing will happen to me. I do however feel like freedom of speech has changed over the years. In previous years people would have sit ins and sign petitions to voice their opinions on situations the have strong feelings about. Now people say how they feel just to talk I think. It is no longer like the days of MLK when people fought for what they believe in but now people riot and destroy a city when they are upset. I feel completely safe sitting on a laptop and typing away on what I feel.
I can't agree more with what you said about Edward Snowden and the government. There are secrets that the government wants to keep from us, and Snowden had the balls to say something to society. We deserve to know the truth and not be left in the dark.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that we have better freedom of speech now, but we're still limited on what we're allowed to say. If we say the wrong thing we could get into serious trouble with the government.