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If it helps, I'm a liberal who has found Wikileaks/Assange increasingly obnoxious for years. IMHO you see more people upset about Wikileaks now because they're
by eli 10y ago
If it helps, I'm a liberal who has found Wikileaks/Assange increasingly obnoxious for years.
IMHO you see more people upset about Wikileaks now because they're actually doing things that are more objectionable.
- ThomPete 10y agoWhich could also mean they are doing things that are more important.
- eli 10y agoI'm sure many Sanders supporters were happy for ammunition to help their case that they were treated unfairly, but I don't think catty behavior at the DNC is anywhere near as important as Wikileaks' earlier work uncovering potential war crimes in Iraq. And I find Assange's overt attempt to influence the outcome of a US election much more distasteful than anything that was in those DNC emails.
- ThomPete 10y agoI wasn't thinking about the DNC in particular. I was responding to the parents growing annoyance with WikiLeaks.
- lallysingh 10y agoOr just more objectionable.
- ThomPete 10y agoSubjectively yes.