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Julian Assange isn't a journalist though. He was a contractor trusted with protected information which he then publicized. There's a big difference between a jo
by malfist 5y ago
Julian Assange isn't a journalist though. He was a contractor trusted with protected information which he then publicized. There's a big difference between a journalist finding and publishing information, and a mole in our government sharing our secrets with people.
And that's ignoring the whole rape thing with Assange.
- ashwagary 5y agoMy understanding is the fake rape charges were dropped. I expect it could've been an attempt at character assassination by certain governments with a long history of this kind of attack.
- sonotathrowaway 5y agoAmerica should have just threatened to murder him like Putin did. Maybe then he would’ve worked for the US, instead of signing a tv deal with Putin.
- ashwagary 5y agoStealing 10 years of his life and freedom is basically slow murder and torture. Whataboutism is unwarranted, the US is overreaching.
- scatters 5y agoYou're confusing Snowden with Assange. (And probably forgetting the role of Manning.)