I don't think Julian Assange meant to leak this

[Grey Lemercier]

60. here is an article (and wikileaks actually posted a 2nd, double down tweet)

Wikileaks Posts and Deletes Anti-Semitic Tweet as it Does Putin’s Bidding For Trump

https://heatst.com/politics/wikileaks-posts-and-deletes-anti-semitic-tweet-as-it-does-putins-bidding-for-trump/

Wikileaks and Julian Assange rode in at the obvious bidding of Vladimir Putin today, to assist Donald Trump, Putin’s candidate, being run by fixer Paul Manafort. As Tim Kaine stunned the world with a mighty speech, Julian Assange tried to release some minor DNC leaks that looked anti-Bernie – although everybody had pretty much figured out that Debbie Wasserman Schulz wasn’t playing fair long ago.

For a long time Putin has been running Wikileaks. His attempt to use them today to release DNC emails was further evidence that Trump is Russia’s pet candidate.

However, Julian Assange, long known to have said many publicly anti-semitic things, and who is widely believed to tweet the @wikileaks account – as a former biographer reported – ruined his day’s press by tweeting and then deleting this amazingly anti-semitic tweet:

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The (( )) symbol is used by Jews and their supporters to fight back against the anti-semitism of the alt-right.

Many liberals on Twitter who had previously supported Assange were mortified. Brianna Wu kindly showed me the second, double-down tweet of racism from a presumably blind drunk Assange:




By Louise Mensch | 9:25 pm, July 23, 2016
Wikileaks and Julian Assange rode in at the obvious bidding of Vladimir Putin today, to assist Donald Trump, Putin’s candidate, being run by fixer Paul Manafort. As Tim Kaine stunned the world with a mighty speech, Julian Assange tried to release some minor DNC leaks that looked anti-Bernie – although everybody had pretty much figured out that Debbie Wasserman Schulz wasn’t playing fair long ago.

For a long time Putin has been running Wikileaks. His attempt to use them today to release DNC emails was further evidence that Trump is Russia’s pet candidate.

However, Julian Assange, long known to have said many publicly anti-semitic things, and who is widely believed to tweet the @wikileaks account – as a former biographer reported – ruined his day’s press by tweeting and then deleting this amazingly anti-semitic tweet:

J A antisemite

The (( )) symbol is used by Jews and their supporters to fight back against the anti-semitism of the alt-right.

Many liberals on Twitter who had previously supported Assange were mortified. Brianna Wu kindly showed me the second, double-down tweet of racism from a presumably blind drunk Assange:

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Louise Mensch ✔ @LouiseMensch
@Spacekatgal @dhw @wikileaks @JulianAssange_ did he put up two? I only have a shot of one
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Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal
@LouiseMensch @dhw @wikileaks @JulianAssange_ Here's the follow up. pic.twitter.com/pWb5w7ouSP
2:35 AM - 24 Jul 2016
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Not only the denigration of the ((())) symbol but also the use of the term ‘tribalist’ to imply Jews is, of course, base racism, a particular racism that Putin shares.

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Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.
1:16 AM - 24 Jul 2016
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Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
The black-rim glasses part is just hilarious. Imagine not knowing about both modern antisemitism and the timeless appeal of Ray-Bans.
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Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
Are you fucking kidding me https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/756992600574484480 … pic.twitter.com/oDpFA6BMZZ
1:26 AM - 24 Jul 2016
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When I pointed out the rabid anti-semitism of these tweets Assange/Julian replied to me saying it wasn’t racist:

@LouiseMensch Nonsense. Our critique is of those who are not anti-racists but who are using it as a pro-establishment designator.
On being challenged about not leaking anything against Putin, wikileaks / Assange replied they/he had done so, but linked to a site full of pro-Putin propaganda leaks:

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