He could've been the worst journalist in the world. That's no excuse to butcher him.
My point remains. There are conspiracies about Russia feeding talking points to members of the US government and that those who are doing the bidding of Russia should be tried for treason.
This is not some fringe point of view you read on some imageboard on the internet, this is that has been airing on American news tv regularly over the past 4 years. You don't get banned on twitter for saying this, you don't get banned on Facebook for saying this. This is a very popular thing to say and believe in America.
The Saudis simply followed through with the same principle, and it's being presented as some kind of heinous outrage when it's essentially what's being proposed in the USA.
At best one could argue the method of killing, and if we're there my point is pretty much made. They followed their criminal justice system. They're doing a song and dance now because it got blown up.
The idea that he was 100% a noble crusading journalist is pure propaganda.
This whole story is artificially amplified. Has everyone woken up and suddenly learned what punishments in Saudi Arabia are like?
Take for instance Chelsea Manning - someone who made the US government look bad by leaking diplomatic cables. Torture, solitary confinement, all sorts of inhumane conditions. Is it that much of a stretch to see a monarchy like Saudi Arabia chopping up their guy for making them look bad? Not really. It's what you would expect in a place like that.
It's always been that way, and everyone has known about it. To pretend as if it's unexpected is quite insincere and reeks of some alternative agenda. The way Khashoggi is presented to the public as some kind of hero is really telling.