[Yaelle]

It happens. How many thousands knew what Snowden knew & more? Surely, many agreed with him. Yet none came forward.

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Bravery is to be a whistleblower. Some end up dead, many lose at least the life they came to know, some “merely” lose friends and family. The gay man who made the video about the truth between Hillary and Trump was a perfect example. Things were bad enough that he could not go along with the lies of his tribe any more. He saw through Hillary.

Even little people like me. I have been in a group of Mom’s and we were all enjoying each other’s company and the conversations turns to politics and I decide to be truthful and BOOM. From then on I am excluded. Happens a lot. My extended family and even some medium rank friends DO think less of me for being a conservative. It is not easy to buck the trend. There is severe social pressure to remain within the ranks.

[Forgotten Amendments]

Bravery is to be a whistleblower.

Yup. And the bureaucracy knows no party.

On a less deadly note, I remember that one of the first things the Bush II administration made plain was that Linda Tripp would have no chance of getting her government job back. Can't have any of those loose cannons out there!