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A campaign to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden, launched in combination with a fawning Oliver Stone film about him, hasn't made any headway. The request spurred the entire membership of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, 13 Republicans and 9 Democrats, to send a letter to President Barack Obama urging against a pardon. "He is a criminal," they stated flatly.
Obama weighed in on the matter on Friday. During his European tour, he was interviewed by Der Spiegel—the largest newspaper in Germany, a country where Snowden is particularly popular. After discussing a wide range of issues, he was asked: Are you going to pardon Edward Snowden?
Obama replied: "I can't pardon somebody who hasn't gone before a court and presented themselves, so that's not something that I would comment on at this point."
Will the NSA's spying and Snowden's actions come to define Obama's legacy?
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:24PM
"Politically correct" (as the alt-right, or more honestly, racists would put it) is just another way of saying politeness.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @07:30PM
Much like feminism is "just" about trying to make men and women equal. After that textbook definition is trotted out, you're often expected to accept the existence of widespread sexism and patriarchy and to always believe women when they say they're raped, or be called various names if you don't. Feminists who don't accept these things sometimes pretend as if people who do accept these things don't even exist, even if many of the so-called "third-wave feminists" are quite popular. Don't forget to be as smug and condescending as possible when explaining to the 'misogynists' that they are wrong about something.
Likewise, with political correctness, it often seems more of an attempt to control what language you use. Maybe to you it means "politeness", but it's possible to be polite while using language you personally might find inflammatory, because politeness is subjective. Other people want to control what specific words you use, sometimes even wanting you to stop using certain words entirely.