I know we should care about the implications of prosecuting Julian Assange, but given that he deliberately helped put the worst people in power — and we’re all suffering the consequences, not just him — it’s awfully hard to find the energy.
really? you’re blaming Assange for Trump when @wikileaks revealed that it was Hillary’s campaign that elevated Trump, and the mainstream media practically gave Trump billions in dollars worth of campaign coverage? i see that as a misplaced anger for our current situation.
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I’m blaming Assange because he explicitly *stated* that he intended to hurt HRC’s candidacy and elevate Trump. And also privately messaged Trump campaign officials. Whether he was effective is besides the point; intent matters.
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you do remember that Hillary won the popular vote, right? but never mind. let’s blame Assange and
@wikileaks instead of the DNC, Hillary, the Electoral College, and all the American people who sat out the election who previously voted for Obama.#PoliticsIsNecessaryBullshit -
Assange took an incredible idea — an open foundation to promote transparency in government, and did just about everything a human being can do to discredit the entire concept, turning it into a cat’s paw of a foreign government and injecting his terrible, stupid politics into it.
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Governments all over the world now have the satisfaction of knowing there will almost certainly never be another organization like Wikileaks, and not just because of actions the government took. But because Assange captured and corrupted the whole project.
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suggested reading: As the Obama DOJ Concluded, Prosecution of Julian Assange for Publishing Documents Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom https://theintercept.com/2018/11/16/as-the-obama-doj-concluded-prosecution-of-julian-assange-for-publishing-documents-poses-grave-threats-to-press-freedom/ …
#PoliticsIsNecessaryBullshitpic.twitter.com/8r3luY7nXX
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“Political party who, despite strong personal feelings, nevertheless stayed on the right side of the ethical line vs. political party who don’t give the slightest crap about ethics” and the Intercept is there to speculate about both-sideisms.
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bottom line: i just find it ironic that people who hate Trump would support Trump DOJ to trample over the First Amendment. it’s a clear case of cognitive dissonance at best and hypocrisy at worst, or both.
#PoliticsIsNecessaryBullshit
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