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So a politically significant person should be able to leverage their celebrity and status to avoid a rape charge?
by PJDK 9y ago
So a politically significant person should be able to leverage their celebrity and status to avoid a rape charge?
- glenstein 9y agoI don't see how that even comes close to being a good faith reading of toyg's point. Assange's "celebrity", to the extent that we can even use a term like that to describe him in this context, flows from the political controversy surrounding him. Calling it celebrity abstracts away the political nature of Assange's status which is critical to any consideration of the charges against him. No one is suggesting that a celebrity like Drake could apply for political asylum at an Ecuadorian embassy to avoid rape charges. But if that's what you're taking away from the argument it's probably worth reading it again and engaging with more good faith.