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> but I don’t understand why institutions and individuals that have been largely critical of Wikileaks during the 2016 election cycle also characterize Manning
by ShabbosGoy 9y ago
> but I don’t understand why institutions and individuals that have been largely critical of Wikileaks during the 2016 election cycle also characterize Manning as a hero (not referring to Harvard but mostly the media).
Simply put, Wikileaks is a part of the counterculture. There's a reason why the FBI had files on subversive figures like M.L.K. Jr.
- harry8 9y agoWas that reason so J. Edgar Hoover could telephone M.L.K. and try and blackmail him into comitting suicide? Or was that an incidental effect?
- ShabbosGoy 9y agoThe incidental effects of power are quite like the effects of addiction; the addict will lie, cheat, steal, and even murder in order to maintain their addiction. When you threaten someone's power, strange things will happen to you.