Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extraditionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1307
arrow-up1302external-linkJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extraditionwww.bbc.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·10 months agoWhy do you keep replying to everyone with the exact same straw man argument?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months agoBecause no one is addressing my point and it’s pissing me off. They just drag things off topic because Assange bad.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s one of the uglier sides of human nature - thinking that human rights should only apply to those humans they like/agree with.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·10 months agoYou’re not making any point by simply putting words in other people’s mouths then ending your comment there.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoMy point is that tearing down his character is only doing the work of the US prosecution.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoMeaning these Lemmy comments going to be entered as evidence in his trial?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoMeaning random Americans reading the commentary are going to be influenced to support his prosecution, rather than resist it. The American public has been carefully massaged for years to make this possible without mass unrest.
Why do you keep replying to everyone with the exact same straw man argument?
Because no one is addressing my point and it’s pissing me off. They just drag things off topic because Assange bad.
It’s one of the uglier sides of human nature - thinking that human rights should only apply to those humans they like/agree with.
You’re not making any point by simply putting words in other people’s mouths then ending your comment there.
My point is that tearing down his character is only doing the work of the US prosecution.
Meaning these Lemmy comments going to be entered as evidence in his trial?
Meaning random Americans reading the commentary are going to be influenced to support his prosecution, rather than resist it. The American public has been carefully massaged for years to make this possible without mass unrest.