The more (most) people learn about NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the less heroic he seems. The breaking point for many was Snowden’s personal statement about his search for political asylum, which saw the formerly well-paid government contractor assume “full-on victim mode.” Something about the champion of privacy and civil rights looking to Russia, Cuba, Ecuador and elsewhere for a new base of operations didn’t ring true with many, but Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, the conduit for the bulk of Snowden’s leaks, never wavered from his belief that his source was a hero — if not the hero. President Obama was just jealous when he dismissed Snowden as some 29-year-old hacker not worthy of scrambling F-16s.
Greenwald’s terse tweet suggesting that Snowden had done more for mankind in the last two months than, well, anybody, inspired the Twitterverse to pitch in with their own tales of Snowden’s heroics. Chuck Norris himself would surely crumble at the sight of these #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags.
Snowden wrote his Wikileaks statement using the blood of a Russian bear he slayed with the bones of Lenin. #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/Keethers/status/353638907860094976
Edward Snowden taught Indiana Jones how to use a whip #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Apparent Steve (@Steverocks35) July 6, 2013
The other documents he has will cure cancer #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Milt Shook (@miltshook) July 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/MotorCityLib/status/353639997854846978
https://twitter.com/sherifffruitfly/status/353640313736273921
Daylight savings time? You're welcome. #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Black Lives Matter ?? (@BrindaStar) July 6, 2013
Snowden knows who wrote the Book of Love, who put the bomp in the bomp-shoe-bomp & who left the cake out in the rain.#GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) July 6, 2013
Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt & Channing Tatum all fighting to play #Snowden in the film to be directed by Sir Ridley Scott
#GreenwaldSnowdenBrags— Hesiod Theogeny (@Hesiod2k11) July 6, 2013
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Global warming is a result of the sun drawing closer to Snowden because of the gravity of his sacrifice. #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— T to the K-M, Esq. (@Perkunas687) July 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/JaymEsch/status/353641407363297280
The Doritos Locos taco? Edward Snowden's idea #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Apparent Steve (@Steverocks35) July 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/pedanticprof/status/353642134794027008
Edward Snowden called Amanda Bynes ugly #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Larry Madill (@larrymadill) July 6, 2013
Snowden is smarter than Greenwald. Oh Wait. That's probably true #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Peter Flom (@peterflom) July 6, 2013
Snowden's vision is so good he can see Sarah Palin's house from Moscow airport #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) July 6, 2013
#greenwaldsnowdenbrags Chuck Norris wears Ed Snowden pajamas.
— Rich Sturgeone (@RichSturgeone) July 6, 2013
Snowden invented the Internet like five minutes before Al Gore.#GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) July 6, 2013
Edward Snowden was dropped twice as a baby: Once on Hiroshima and once on Nagasaki. #GreenwaldSnowdenBrags
— Jack (@_kennet) July 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/anj11234/status/353649178158706688
Daniel Serwer, some guy who isn’t Edward Snowden, skipped the hashtag game but dared suggest his own lifetime of accomplishments wasn’t too shabby when compared to Snowden’s.
@ggreenwald @wikileaks I hope your due diligence on Snowden was more careful than your research for that tweet.
— peacefare.net (@DanielSerwer) July 6, 2013
FTW RT @DanielSerwer: @ggreenwald @wikileaks I hope your due diligence on Snowden was more careful than your research for that tweet.
— Tina Dupuy (@TinaDupuy) July 6, 2013
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