Twenty-One Thoughts On The Persecution Of Julian Assange
(16. I sometimes feel like I respect professional propagandists who smear Assange more than I respect ordinary citizens who go around smearing him for free. What do these people think they'll get as a reward for their work as pro bono CIA propagandists? A gold star from Big Brother? They're like slaves who beat and betray other slaves that fall out of line in order to win favor with the master, except they're not even achieving that. The professional manipulators are at least cheering for their own class to continue to have its leadership's interests advanced; ordinary people who do it are cheering for their own oppression.)
Now that one covers a lot of aspects in politics!
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I had some respect for Assange until he decided responsible release of documents with proper redaction was Too Much Trouble. I also think he allowed himself to be duped by some of the very big-state actors he was trying to expose. He seems to have largely become a Russian dupe in recent years.
That doesn't mean I think he should be drawn and quartered or is guilty of much beyond being somewhat of an ass and maybe having an excessive opinion of himself and too much belief in his own bullshit. Now he's apt to be extradited to the US and "made an example of" and unless that's handled better than I expect it to be, I think this will weaken the free press on balance rather than strengthen it.
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