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It is my opinion only: Outside of overthrowing two corrupt governments there is nothing to be done. No protest will change the result.

fsflover 6y ago
Learned helplessness works very well. Instead consider donating to NGOs helping him.
- sudosysgen 6y ago
  It's not learned helplessness, there is legitimately nothing that can be done by any NGO here.
  - fsflover 6y ago
    Spreading the information is much more than nothing. I actually believe it's the main thing to do here.
    - sudosysgen 6y ago
      Sure, but no matter how much info we can push out, the MSM and other outlets will push massive amounts of contradictory info, false intel will get fabricated, and so that won't be effective to get Assange freed. That being said, it's still worthwhile and will help build awareness of how this world really works, but it won't get Assange freed.
colllectorof 6y ago
> No protest will change the result. It would change the public awareness, at least. Force coverage. Start a dialog. However, my prediction is that there will be no large-scale protest in US about this. All those who are currently LARPing "resistance" against police brutality will just ignore his case. Mark my words.
- nobody9999 6y ago
  >However, my prediction is that there will be no large-scale protest in US about this. All those who are currently LARPing "resistance" against police brutality will just ignore his case. Mark my words. Please explain how Assange is being treated more unfairly than Breonna Taylor or George Floyd? Edit: Fixed Typo (treaty/treated)
- MisterBastahrd 6y ago
  Force coverage? Nobody cares. If he wanted sympathy from Americans, he should have kept himself out of the last US presidential election. Democrats are going to be hostile to him and Republicans won't care because he's outlived his usefulness to them. He isn't a journalist, never has been, and it's frankly pathetic that people have decided to retcon the guy into being one. He's a political activist who beclowned himself by aligning with foreign intelligence and they've abandoned him because, again, he isn't useful anymore.

fsflover 6y ago

Learned helplessness works very well. Instead consider donating to NGOs helping him.

sudosysgen 6y ago
It's not learned helplessness, there is legitimately nothing that can be done by any NGO here.
- fsflover 6y ago
  Spreading the information is much more than nothing. I actually believe it's the main thing to do here.
  - sudosysgen 6y ago
    Sure, but no matter how much info we can push out, the MSM and other outlets will push massive amounts of contradictory info, false intel will get fabricated, and so that won't be effective to get Assange freed. That being said, it's still worthwhile and will help build awareness of how this world really works, but it won't get Assange freed.

colllectorof 6y ago

> No protest will change the result. It would change the public awareness, at least. Force coverage. Start a dialog. However, my prediction is that there will be no large-scale protest in US about this. All those who are currently LARPing "resistance" against police brutality will just ignore his case. Mark my words.

nobody9999 6y ago
>However, my prediction is that there will be no large-scale protest in US about this. All those who are currently LARPing "resistance" against police brutality will just ignore his case. Mark my words. Please explain how Assange is being treated more unfairly than Breonna Taylor or George Floyd? Edit: Fixed Typo (treaty/treated)
MisterBastahrd 6y ago
Force coverage? Nobody cares. If he wanted sympathy from Americans, he should have kept himself out of the last US presidential election. Democrats are going to be hostile to him and Republicans won't care because he's outlived his usefulness to them. He isn't a journalist, never has been, and it's frankly pathetic that people have decided to retcon the guy into being one. He's a political activist who beclowned himself by aligning with foreign intelligence and they've abandoned him because, again, he isn't useful anymore.