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Just Asking Questions - Stella Assange: Why isn't Julian Assange a free man? (reason.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by SLfgb@feddit.nl to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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But even so, I mean, all of this is really irrelevant whether Julian’s a journalist or not. The question is, is Julian accused of journalism? And he is. It is the activity that has been criminalized. Not whether he falls into a category or not. It’s the category of the activity that is being criminalized. Receiving, obtaining, and communicating information to the public.

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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Assange helped Trump get elected, indicating he is driven more by spite than by any sense of justice. He became a right-wing icon.

I was sympathetic to his cause early on, but at this point I can't really will myself to give him the benefit of the doubt any longer.

[–] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well this attitude is what turned the US in the shithole it is now. Enjoy it.

[–] Shalakushka@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Decades of austerity and a party that desires no government at all made the US a shit hole, and Assange tipped the scales for that very party in 2016.

[–] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, tipped the scale that's the problem. Better keep the shit secret like in every functioning democracy, right?? You guys deserve all the shit that is coming to you. I'm sure Trump would be very happy to be surrounded by people who prefer jail jourmalists rather than listen to the truth.

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