‘Snowden’s life is still in danger,’ Russia says

[Igel]

27. Unlike those he helped.

Who don't mind doing a lot of harm to a lot of people, as long as they get some good out of it.

It's not a sign of maturation. It's a since of extreme immaturity. Life has a lot of gray areas. For Snowden, life is black or white. The side he was one for money turned out not to be pure, virtuous, all good. Therefore it was all-evil and corrupt and must be fought.

The merit of other sides don't matter. He's fighting for his self-worth, and he must be pure--having been deceived, the enemy must be destroyed to save its soul. And salve his conscience. Even if it means taking the side of the devil.

Oddly, though, he assumed that there would be no consequences. Failing to make logical predictions about likely outcomes is also not a sign of maturity. Being willing to take responsibility for your actions is not a sign of maturity. If you set yourself up as an enemy, then don't be surprised when you're treated as an enemy.

The only "maturity" here is recognizing that the US isn't perfect. But critical thinking doesn't evaluate things on an immature, simplistic "you're with me or you're my enemy" metric and looking at the outcomes of the flaws that you find.

There we have a bit of a problem.