It’s also possible to oppose extradition without wilfully ignoring rape and sexual assault charges.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
Fair, and if he was being extradited to Sweden, I would agree. But I fear that Assange will be used as an example to US whistleblowers, and will become little more than a sinister tool to silence Trump’s critics.
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Replying to @misslucyp
Sure, but his hiding in the embassy wasn’t solely about the US, and the volley of misogyny I’ve seen/received today says people don’t take women’s rights seriously when they complicate moral issues.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
No, but I haven’t ignored that. I don’t like the man, and would cheerfully see him serving for his crimes in this country or Swe. but I think his extradition will feed into far worse than online misogyny, and sometimes consequences do trump optics.
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Replying to @misslucyp
Not saying you have, but have seen a lot of men who’ve been casually sexist do so, and it’s very clear with them they’re feminist up until the point it minutely interferes with their own narratives.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
I know that men do that, and it’s diminishing as much as it is infuriating.But on the whole, I feel that what the US government is doing isn’t that relative to people’s narratives and experience online, it’s much, much worse.
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Replying to @misslucyp
So what is your point? Because I don’t see anyone supporting his extradition.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
I guess my timeline is messier than yours then, because I have seen people who do, or seek to downplay its impact at the very least.
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Replying to @misslucyp
Yeah, it’s probably that: mine is all women pointing out the rape charges are still open, and a lot of men deliberately not mentioning them.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
I think the solution here may be for both of us to follow fewer men.
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