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This comment section is proof that lemmy is as brain dead and propagandized as reddit.
Oh no! People aren't reacting the way I want them to! Maybe you are the one who is "brain dead and propagandized". Did you ever think of that?
If this was reddit, it would be full of the admin approved "factual opinion" with a wave of deleted & hidden comments, and banned users.
This is miles better than getting force-fed actual propaganda.
Not a fan of the first amendment, I take it? Not only did Assange not break any US laws, he wasn’t even within US jurisdiction at the time.
The Guardian, Nov. 2022: ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges: First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution
The letter:
Okay.
Make that argument in court.
I know there are lots of people who disagree with me. I'm okay with that. But I'm also in no position to make a difference here.
What he did wasn't publishing. He dumped sensitive data. In my opinion.
It's just silly to think he doesn't have to deal with the trial. If he is innocent, let the fucking system decide that.
I can think that Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and Julian Assange did brave things and still think they should stand trial.
In Assange's case I think he went way way too far, but was still brave.
I'm mostly annoyed by all this yammering that there is one true opinion here and that everyone else is deluded, as if this wasn't a huge event with ongoing consequences.
Nuance is important if you're gonna understand anyone's viewpoints.
The rape allegations do seem to be farcical, but I don't think he should be in prison for releasing classified material - it's not like he hacked the Pentagon to get it.
However his apparent biases definitely do raise questions and point towards other issues.
What bias? Stupid
The apparent bias where he released documents about the Democrats but did not release documents about the Republicans and/or Russians, having received said Democrat documents from the Russians.
Maybe it's a little more nuanced, I dunno. I can't remember all the shit I've read over the years, the freshest stuff is from the comments in these threads.
My guess is that he didn't actually have dirt on the Republicans, as one commenter suggested. Why would Russia provide that, when the supposed goal of Russia was to get their Republican man in the White House?
Then, maybe, he got some other dirt on Russia from somewhere else, but didn't release that. However there could be any number of valid reasons there. I do vaguely remember something about him saying like (my complete paraphrasing) "reporting on Russian corruption isn't of journalistic interest to me, of course Russia and Putin are corrupt."
So yeah, his "apparent biases" raise questions. That doesn't mean those questions can't have valid answers.
But that also doesn't mean the questions are invalid in and of themselves. They should be addressed openly and succintly every time, such that objective truth wins over incessant lies.
The only stupidity here is in your 3 word comment. Try harder.
Get off our site. You're not welcome here
Agreed. I've been blocking these accounts. People really do have brain rot. Absolutely stupid dumb fuck idiots. I hate them all
Lol the guy who registers fediverse username with live letter to Reddit. Lol. Go back you bot lover