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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by stale2002 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:01PM (#18464758)
That's sounds like a political opinion that you just stated. Why are you trying to meddle in the political process, by engaging in political speech?
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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by kjksf on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:13PM (#18464859)
Unlike you, the law does make a distinction between expressing political opinion and unlawful interference with election process and we have independent judicial system to apply those laws.
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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by stale2002 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @08:40PM (#18465490)
Indeed it does have a distinction.

And the distinction is usually as follows: speech that threatens or criticises those in power is generally illegal, and the speech that supports it is legal.

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