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I had a neutral opinion of Assange until he posted (and then deleted) a tweet with echo parentheses. That made it pretty obvious he's not really in it for any n

by gaur 10y ago

I had a neutral opinion of Assange until he posted (and then deleted) a tweet with echo parentheses. That made it pretty obvious he's not really in it for any noble purpose.

SamBam 10y ago
Wow. Screenshot? (For those not aware, (((echo parenthesis))) are an anti-semitic symbol used by white supremacists to highlight people who are Jewish.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses Edit: Wow, here it is: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/wikileaks-echoes-tweet-anti-semitism/ http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/wikileaks-echoes-tweet-anti-s... Most of our critics have 3 (((brackets around their names))) & have black-rim glasses. i.e. most of our critics are Jewish. Presumably part of some kind of cabal.... Here's a white-supremacist organization praising Assange for the tweet: http://www.dailystormer.com/julian-assange-and-general-flynn-attack-dirty-jews-on-twitter/ http://www.dailystormer.com/julian-assange-and-general-flynn... Anti-Semitism is rising. Everywhere. We are going high-profile. Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and General Flynn this week have tweeted openly anti-Semitic tweets.
- microtherion 10y ago
  I'm anything but a fan of Assange, but it's possible his tweet was misinterpreted. To me, it looks like he was referring to people who put (((echoes))) around their own twitter handles, which is not uncommonly done in solidarity by non-Jewish Twitter users.
- undersuit 10y ago
  The echo was quickly co-opted. I.e by the time of the tweet most of Wikileaks critics were running the Spartacus defense on the bigots who started the echo. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/echoes-means-twitter-article-1.2667546 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/echoes-means-twitte... The "horrible" idea is that maybe who ever made the Wikileaks tweet was running Coincidence Detector, IGNORING that for weeks the echo had been exposed and co-opted.
- shard972 10y ago
  > (For those not aware, (((echo parenthesis))) are an anti-semitic symbol used by white supremacists to highlight people who are Jewish. Then why do I see self proclaimed jews on twitter with the walls? I though it was a joke.... Considering it's... twitter.
  - kbenson 10y ago
    We're talking about a news organization responsible for leaking US secrets, with it's head using the asylum of an embassy to prevent extradition on crimes he says are politically motivated, releasing hacked emails in an attempt to disrupt a presidential candidacy. This was using the official twitter channel for Wikileaks. I'm not sure what part of that lends itself to joking, and even if it did, an anti-semitic one isn't what I would consider appropriate for a organization such as that, and would need to be addressed specifically. Even on twitter. Also, how it that funny? Using Jewish stereotypes and anti-semitic labeling to imply your critics are Jews trying to climb the social ladder? Is that supposed to pass for humor? Maybe next he'll make some comment about a group of people with no jobs, having great tans, and that just love to eat fried chicken and watermelon. What a comedian, that guy.
  - SamBam 10y ago
    Because they're reclaiming it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses#Response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses#Response
bduerst 10y ago
Same, but my moment of losing respect for him was when I found out he works for RT: https://www.rt.com/tags/the-julian-assange-show/ https://www.rt.com/tags/the-julian-assange-show/

by gaur 10y ago

I had a neutral opinion of Assange until he posted (and then deleted) a tweet with echo parentheses. That made it pretty obvious he's not really in it for any noble purpose.

SamBam 10y ago

Wow. Screenshot? (For those not aware, (((echo parenthesis))) are an anti-semitic symbol used by white supremacists to highlight people who are Jewish.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses Edit: Wow, here it is: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/wikileaks-echoes-tweet-anti-semitism/ http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/wikileaks-echoes-tweet-anti-s... Most of our critics have 3 (((brackets around their names))) & have black-rim glasses. i.e. most of our critics are Jewish. Presumably part of some kind of cabal.... Here's a white-supremacist organization praising Assange for the tweet: http://www.dailystormer.com/julian-assange-and-general-flynn-attack-dirty-jews-on-twitter/ http://www.dailystormer.com/julian-assange-and-general-flynn... Anti-Semitism is rising. Everywhere. We are going high-profile. Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and General Flynn this week have tweeted openly anti-Semitic tweets.

microtherion 10y ago
I'm anything but a fan of Assange, but it's possible his tweet was misinterpreted. To me, it looks like he was referring to people who put (((echoes))) around their own twitter handles, which is not uncommonly done in solidarity by non-Jewish Twitter users.
undersuit 10y ago
The echo was quickly co-opted. I.e by the time of the tweet most of Wikileaks critics were running the Spartacus defense on the bigots who started the echo. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/echoes-means-twitter-article-1.2667546 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/echoes-means-twitte... The "horrible" idea is that maybe who ever made the Wikileaks tweet was running Coincidence Detector, IGNORING that for weeks the echo had been exposed and co-opted.
shard972 10y ago
> (For those not aware, (((echo parenthesis))) are an anti-semitic symbol used by white supremacists to highlight people who are Jewish. Then why do I see self proclaimed jews on twitter with the walls? I though it was a joke.... Considering it's... twitter.
- kbenson 10y ago
  We're talking about a news organization responsible for leaking US secrets, with it's head using the asylum of an embassy to prevent extradition on crimes he says are politically motivated, releasing hacked emails in an attempt to disrupt a presidential candidacy. This was using the official twitter channel for Wikileaks. I'm not sure what part of that lends itself to joking, and even if it did, an anti-semitic one isn't what I would consider appropriate for a organization such as that, and would need to be addressed specifically. Even on twitter. Also, how it that funny? Using Jewish stereotypes and anti-semitic labeling to imply your critics are Jews trying to climb the social ladder? Is that supposed to pass for humor? Maybe next he'll make some comment about a group of people with no jobs, having great tans, and that just love to eat fried chicken and watermelon. What a comedian, that guy.
- SamBam 10y ago
  Because they're reclaiming it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses#Response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses#Response

bduerst 10y ago

Same, but my moment of losing respect for him was when I found out he works for RT: https://www.rt.com/tags/the-julian-assange-show/ https://www.rt.com/tags/the-julian-assange-show/