Unlike others.

Three million signatures to the UN for education for every child. I hope she inspires, especially, girls all around the world.

Very deserving.

is inspiring and humbling. This young woman will change the world.

to someone else.

She deserves more than to be a comparison to someone you're railing against.

anyone that he is "railing against".

Please apologize to the OP.

THIS, you wouldn't use that unless you were differentiating from someone who is not.

negative threads repeatly and most recently about someone who keeps being called one. But i won't continue and hijack a thread about a wonderful personal.

It's important we dismiss the criminal faux heroes to praise the TRUE heroes, else the designation has less meaning.

and an inspiration.

the job.

And she is fearless. Would that adults follow her example everywhere.

...her opinion of Snowden.

. . . . . ah . . . . nevermind.

does not need to be the litmus test for everything.

Is she disqualified as a hero if she supports Snowden or is it the other way around? At any rate, IMO she is a hero regardless of her opinion of Snowden if she even has one.

Did she say something you liked today?

My brain goes buggy trying to follow all the tributaries.

The poster automatically assumes that everyone will recognize someone from just a picture. Some of use are terrible at remembering faces and would appreciate a name to go along with the face so we could look the person up and find out more about them on our own. I have the same problem when people start throwing around acronyms. When I first started reading this site many years ago, (and still today) I have to google an acronym to try to figure out what some of these posters are speaking about.

the Pakistani woman who was shot for attending school.

There is a thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014534994

And yes - she is a hero by any measure.

In an unjust country - that stand up to real authoritarians - one thing - people who live in a free country resentful of anyone in elected office and wanting to bring them down by stealing documents - quite another.

our liberties. Stealing documents may be necessary against those that would make this a tyranny. Our government has become a tool of international companies and it may well be necessary to declare our independence. Laws are being made to punish dissidents and not corporate thieves. Please side with the dissidents and not the corporate masters.

THANK YOU rhett o rick! That is one of the very best reasons for light to shine on the workings of governments all over the world. Especially war profiteers who have taken the lives of so many.....who have so much blood on their hands, and who spread their darkness all over the world. Without a doubt, it is the whistle blowers who are leading the charge against so much corruption in governments.

There are no laws to punish anyone who disagrees with any politician in office. In fact,the politicians in office have widely different views themselves. How is our government a tool of these "international companies?" Are you claiming the elections are invalid? Why is that? Is it that your fellow Americans who may not agree with you do not deserve a vote?

I said that laws protect the 1%. Cheney is a freeman, yet Snowden is being hunted down. Whistle-blowers are punished and the crimes they reveal go uncorrected and unpunished. Wall Street crimes go unpunished while marijuana smokers go to prison.

" How is our government a tool of these "international companies?" Have you heard of Citizen's United? How about NAFTA, CAFTA, the WTO and now the coup de grace, the TPP. Most of our so-called representatives are owned by corporations, international corporations. Citizen's United allows foreign governments to buy our so-called representatives.

" In fact,the politicians in office have widely different views themselves. " I disagree. When Georgie Bush said "Let me kill Iraqi children." Our so-called representatives couldnt agree fast enough. They only disagree on how much to cut Social Security.

" Are you claiming the elections are invalid?" Depends on your definition of "invalid". Our presidential elections in 2000 and 2004 were invalid by my definition. In 2016 when corp-candate 1 runs against corp-candidate 2, will that be valid? Can any election via electronic machines be considered valid?

if Democracy functioning, correct?

Libeling our elected representatives without proof - classy. Why? Because they want to be re-elected, which means they will vote as their constituent majority prefers, according to their research.

It all boils down to "people who disagree with me are immoral" but it's easier to say "the corporations" which doesn't sound quite so insulting to those voters.

also didnt get what you want.

Democracy isnt working when corporations can literally buy elections.

Democracy isnt working when elections can be stolen.

Democracy isnt working when voters can be disenfranchised by the millions.

Democracy isnt working when our so-called representatives vote for laws that conflict with the Constitution.

Democracy isnt working when our government secretly spies on us.

When you say "people who disagree with me are immoral", are you claiming to be quoting me? If so, it's a lie and it's dishonest either way. It's immoral for our government to end food-stamps for the poor. It's immoral to torture. It's immoral to "double tap" kill people with drones. It's immoral to turn our country over to corporations via "agreements" like TPP.

And I think it's immoral to side with the corporate authoritarian state against the people.

Proof? Insults the voters. Again, I don't get what I want, other voters' wants don't matter or are immoral, and that means "the corporations" must be "buying" the elections.

I don't see one in the OP, but I am on my phone so it may not be showing up...

There's no doubt about her courage or her strength.

her gentle strength and kindness is an amazing thing to behold.

https://secure.aworldatschool.org/page/content/the-text-of-malala-yousafzais-speech-at-the-united-nations/

A stark contrast to the beligerent screeching going on here lately.
She is more likely to change minds and hearts with this type of action.

It takes my breath her level of strength and courage. She is the best response to the evil religious psychopathology of the Taliban.

By which anyone being held up as a "hero" shall be judged.

I fully agree. What I don't understand about those countries is that you get great government when educated women have a seat at the table.
My feminist, independent daughters wouldn't last a NYC minute in the Mid-East, especially the lesbian. And we live in the South.

...do your level best, brother.

There is no way Wendy could be punished for what she did. Our law allowed it. We have no Taliban. Women in this country can be educated. The government is not authoritarian (in fact saying it is just begs a comparison with the Taliban). We may have a few issues, but Wendy was able to be educated, run for office and as a politician in power, speak her and her constituents' views.

The search for a hero is kind of pathetic, especially in a country like this.

do that.

Hopefully the folks in this country who are anti-women's rights won't start shooting us women down.

we have domestic oppressors and we also have heroes who emerge, nonetheless.



(Scott Olsen, seriously injured in Oakland)

Taking up a shining cause and doing that cause proud. A big Thank You!

BTW, Scott needs help for his attorney fees. Daily Kos has had this up for a lil over a week, now:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/28/1219593/-Scott-Olsen-Needs-Our-Help-One-More-Time

So we do not have any heroes, since we can't be victims of such a thing.

And I think Merrily, who posted the photos of American heroes, above your reply, is spot on.

even my husband had tears in his eyes.

"one child, one teacher, one pen, and one book"

Yes indeed. She does the human race proud. I can think of only one or two people I would be more honored to shake hands with and one of them may not be with us much longer. Easy KnR, thank you for posting this Stinky The Clown. Bookmarked for the photo.

We who post anonymously and still worry about things like (gasp) getting criticized, disagreed with or banned should know that better than anyone.

Malala is beyond inspiring...

Big K&R

big pair of ovaries! I was so proud to hear her speak.