Why do American "anti elite" types think the Kremlin is OK?

[Eric the Green]

(10-24-2016, 10:13 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(10-24-2016, 08:10 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:

(10-24-2016, 05:08 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(08-05-2016, 04:41 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: I just have to ask.

Y'all give Kremlin tools like Assange and Snowden a pass.

In your book:

"big bad Western elites" = the devil.

Seriously?

I will concede that Western Corporatism is not ideal.

But look at the current alternatives.

Assange and Snowden are "Kremlin tools"?

All they're doing is what the free press is supposed to do, but abandoned a decade or so ago.

The free press are supposed to do espionage?

They published the Pentagon Papers, which were classified Top Secret.  Press freedom is a constitutional issue, which trumps espionage, which is merely an issue of federal law.

You have a point; except that espionage is mentioned in the constitution too-- at least in regard to "treason": giving aid and comfort to the enemy.