Do you have a reputable source for your assertion?

To second the Tomte's reply: The grandparent comment attempting to discredit Assange's accuser and the charges is fabricated.

There were two women who both filed similar complaints with the police, and neither of them has changed their allegations.

You can read the facts of the charges yourself, and the established timelines. Whatever you feel about the charges, the timeline of events is well-established and credible. Whether or not he is guilty of rape is for the courts to decide.

You're saying asking for sources is a bad thing?

No.

I'm saying asking for sources as a way to express "I don't believe you" is a bad thing.

First of all for the reason I've just given.

But second, because it's passive-aggressive, disguised as interest in discussion, yet so transparent.

I'd generally prefer discussion on Hacker News was kept civil. If the parent had a reputable source for their assertion, I'd be interesting to see it. A lack of a source is also interesting.

Either way, asking for a source is better than just saying 'I don't believe you'.

Also Meta: If your counter-assertion had something real, you would have posted it.

It may seem parallel, but it really isn't.

I don't claim my assertion is hard to find, it's been all over every newspaper all over the world.

Whereas the originally offered assertion is one that's predicated on a big cover-up (that's the whole point of the submitted blog post). So the interested reader cannot actually find it himself, he needs the gracious support by the asserter.