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Sadly I think the legacy of this generation will be how little we will (historically) have appeared to care about Assange and Snowden.
by perpetualcrayon 8y ago
Sadly I think the legacy of this generation will be how little we will (historically) have appeared to care about Assange and Snowden.
- madhadron 8y agoDon't conflate Assange and Snowden. Snowden was a patriot who did a really poor job of whistle blowing. Assange is a self aggrandizing asshole and a waste of oxygen.
- perpetualcrayon 8y agoWas it intentional that you refer to Snowden in the past tense and Assange in the present?
- uxp 8y agoProbably because Snowden had his passport revoked while in Moscow and can't really travel anywhere besides Russia until he gains citizenship somewhere, which obviously points out that he's no longer walking into NSA facilities between 9 and 5 and can't smuggle any more documents out. He did his act, and he's done. Assange is still an asshole.
- perpetualcrayon 8y agoI am genuinely interested to know why you think this about Assange. References?
- lifeformed 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Allegations_of_Russian_influence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Allegations_of_Rus... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Promotion_of_conspiracy_theories https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Promotion_of_consp...
- perpetualcrayon 8y agoI guess I will take it that this (or this sort of thing) is what you're all using to base your negative opinions of Assange on?
- duxup 8y agoSnowden got his leaks out... there's not much else to do with him. Historically speaking folks who leak data aren't all that noteworthy outside that event. Assange is something else, he has a specific agenda, he has proven to be deceptive and leaks what suits him.