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minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoWhy do you keep replying to everyone with the exact same straw man argument?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year 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-down1·1 year 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-up1arrow-down3·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoMy point is that tearing down his character is only doing the work of the US prosecution.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMeaning these Lemmy comments going to be entered as evidence in his trial?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.