USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment

Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by jboog on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:18AM (#25632355)

Assange literally encouraged people to infiltrate US intelligence agencies and "leak" classified intel.

Let's not even get into his work laundering Russian hacked docs to damage the US, and then repeatedly lying about it.

He also is credibly accused of being a rapist.

The US has done some bad shit, no doubt, but that doesn't make Assange some saint. He's a bad dude.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by JAlexoid on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:22PM (#25635630)

CIA literally funded drug cartels. Obama literally authorized a drone strike on a "suspected terrorist US citizen" in Yemen.

While the rape accusation was retracted.

There's no equivalence of a proven fact vs accusation. Assange is unquestionably on a moral high ground here.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by jboog on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:44PM (#25674390)

This is a straight-up lie. The accusations were never retracted. The women have maintained their allegations ever since.

and Not even going to respond to your whataboutism here, just lazy argumentation.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by amanaplanacanal on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:19AM (#25633338)

If I encourage people to leak Chinese classified documents, would that make me a bad dude too? I don’t think your reasoning is sound here.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by jboog on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:45PM (#25674412)

If you raped two women, encouraged people to steal Chinese intel, and then worked with Russian intelligence to spread propaganda, yes, indeed you would be a bad dude.

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