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> a sizeable group have decided Assange isn't likeable Or they decided that Assange and WikiLeaks are malicious actors not worth siding with. The powers that
by kanox 6y ago
> a sizeable group have decided Assange isn't likeable
Or they decided that Assange and WikiLeaks are malicious actors not worth siding with.
The powers that be are right to throw Assange in prison.
- thefucnjosh 6y agoI looked through your post history and found this: "Freedom of speech and rule of law is not conditioned on reciprocity." I'd like to remind you that the Trump administration asked Assange for the DNC email leaker as a way to discredit the media tying Trump to Russia. Assange is on trial because he wouldn't give the Trump administration that source. Do you still believe what you said?
- LatteLazy 6y agoOf course, what we're really saying here is that we can censor people we don't like. Free speech is conditional on you only saying things that no one minds you saying anyway...
- kanox 6y agoLeaking classified documents is not a free speech issue.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoPublishing them most certainly is (more free press technically)
- LatteLazy 6y agoYes, it is actually. It sounds counter intuitive right? But all classified means if that the president (or someone under him) does NOT want something published. So if publishing something classified is not free speech then what is? You don't need the first ammendment to publish things the government does not mind you publishing, you already have their permission. The whole point of the first amendment is to protect publishing things the government doesn't want published. If the government could actually prevent publishing of anything it classified, the US would still be fighting the Vietnam war and we would all consider Nixon to be a stand up guy who fairly won re-election...