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Stances regarding Wikileaks cross party lines. The current Democratic administration is against them, and I noticed some attempts by narrative-seeking media to
by randallsquared 16y ago
Stances regarding Wikileaks cross party lines. The current Democratic administration is against them, and I noticed some attempts by narrative-seeking media to pigeonhole support for Wikileaks as being the province of Tea Partiers. But lots of the US left like Wikileaks, so that doesn't work well. A slightly better division might be that the extremes of both the Left and the Right like Wikileaks to some degree, and the middle mostly doesn't. But support on the Right seems to be scattered throughout the span of extreme to moderate, possibly based on whether they think of Wikileaks primarily as attacking the Obama administration (them) or primarily as attacking the US (us).
- hugh3 16y agoI don't think you'll find many folks on the right supporting Wikileaks on the grounds that they're attacking the Obama administration. But you'll probably find some supporting them on the grounds of radical libertarianism. It is very much an us-and-them-ism issue though. I find that to a great extent it breaks down upon whom you consider to be "us"; a funny-looking geek with bad hair and some kooky political ideas, or the United States Government. It's a sad reflection on my own consistency that I'd be much more inclined to support Wikileaks if Assange weren't so damn creepy-looking. Something about him just makes me want to flush his head in a toilet.