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In reply to the discussion: Context and the Assange case. [View all]AikidoSoul
(2,150 posts)You said:
"But the OP declares him completely innocent of any wrongdoing and calls the idea that he could have done anything wrong 'foolish'. Not because of any doubt about what happened, whether Assange thought he had consent, and so on, but because Assange is a man who is to be absolutely believed, while the women are dismissed as irrelevant. It's not about them in any form, the way the OP is worded." (bolded emphasis mine)
The OP expressed his "hypothesis" that is based on a pattern of how dissidents are treated by our government, and actually, has gone back thousands of years as the powerful target those who reveal the lies behind the curtain, so to speak.
The words highlighted above from your quote --the OP did not say those things. Those are exaggerted words that you projected onto him from your own mind.
To "be absolutely believed" -- your absolutist statement.
"completely innocent of any wrong doing and calls the idea he could have done anything wrong 'foolish"
That is another absolutist statement
"...while the women are dismissed as irrelevant..." He didn't say or suggest that in any way.
....your words Muriel, not the OP's.