An American citizen is seeking asylum in a foreign land

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25. As I considered going to Canada myself at the time

I don't think the two things are the same. I was interested in not fighting an unjust and insane war. Snowden is revealing government wrongdoing (and if one doesn't think spying on American citizens is wrongdoing, further discussion is pointless). Those two don't equate in my mind, although in fact you are correct, those who fled to Canada were seeking a type of asylum from our government, so maybe your comparison is more apt than I'm giving it credit.

My "melodramatics" are because I see the totality of what is happening, or at least I think I see the tip of the iceberg. It isn't just Snowden, it's everything the government is doing, from drone killing of citizens, to the spying, to the secret trials and courts. It's all just so un-American. Snowden just sort of switched the light on for me and brought it all together.