Want some bigoted, selective outrage? Don't worry: Wikileaks has you covered.

[DetlefK]

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Those deluded conservatives/liberals! I don't even have to read the article! The headline already supports my belief that conservatives/liberals are stupid and mean-spirited!



Btw, the article tries to make the argument that sitting in self-imposed exile because you're on the run from law-enforcement should count as having done time in jail.

This stupid nonsensical offense which remains the sole charge against Assange and which he has already served time for many times over gets treated like it’s an actual real concern, one that outweighs any and all others. Jumping bail suddenly becomes more important to focus on than the fact an innocent man is being effectively imprisoned for offending wealthy, powerful western plutocrats who can and do use the courts, governments, police forces, and the media to carry out their vindictive personal vendettas.

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Why? Because in order to really see what’s going on here, they would have to give up the idea that Trump is fighting the deep state. They would have to accept that Trump is the deep state

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If our institutions were as trustworthy and just as we pretend they are, there would be no such phenomenon as Julian Assange. His reason for rising to notoriety wouldn’t exist, his publications would be redundant, and his persecution wouldn’t occur. If we really lived in a free and democratic society with a transparent and open government, he would have nothing to leak and no one would care if he did anyway, because our institutions would operate as advertised.

It would have been nice if the author had read Assange's statements on what the purpose of Wikileaks is: The purpose of publishing leaks is to sabotage and eventually destroy evil organizations like the US government. (Or as Assange called it in 2007: "US regime".)

Tear down the veils of cognitive dissonance and you will see that not only is Julian Assange living proof that things are not as advertised

Wikileaks is also not what they advertise themselves. Does that mean that we should destroy Wikileaks?

[mr_lebowski]

1. This is completely non-followable. And I have far more patience than most ... just sayin' (nt)

[NCTraveler]

2. It's linked to the article the op is discussing.

https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/people-lie-to-themselves-about-julian-assange-to-justify-his-persecution-567124ef4623

Pretty straight forward. Patience not required. 😁

[NCTraveler]

3. Wikileaks is what Wikileaks is.

Would have been a pretty solid outfit had it not become all about one person. Assange has desperately made it all about him. When going the collective/greater good route, one shady player making it about the individual can do immense harm.

Fuck Assange. Fuck Wikileaks. A know dishonest and deceptive organization.

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. I think the facts are clear at this point

Wikileaks has become a Russian intelligence asset. Assange is doing the work of Vlad Putiin.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. Well said, Vinnie

Assange is a criminal hiding from prosecution, imo.