The problem with being Snowden is where do you go now where everybody in the world doesn't know who you are? And all these people regarding him as a hero are just phantoms. They stand on the sidelines and cheer him on but like hell if they're going to get their hands dirty for him. "After all, it was his choice to reveal his country's legal surveillance operations to the world. I mean, he's a great hero for doing that but like hell if I'm going to stick my neck out for him. Poor Eddy, I hope he gets asylum soon, so anyway what's on the tube tonight? Oh, THE VOICE! My favorite!" That's what all this hero worship is doing for him--nothing. They'll lick his ass in print but they won't lift a finger for him in the real world. they're loving this soap opera too much to really give a shit how it turns out. I think deep down beyond those anything-not-American-is-politically-correct and/or I-hate-all-things-Obama filters they have vetting what info they allow into their brains, I think they all know perfectly this guy is a flaming idiot. There is no way they'd ever do what he did. Why? "Because I'm not stupid! Er---I mean, because I'm not that brave!"

And those hero-worshipers that are not American would be properly infuriated if one of their countrymen revealed a legal surveillance program which could result in a bombing or other terrorist act succeeding within their borders. They'd be screaming, "Bloody fucking traitor!" at this asshole.