You get ppl who say things like: I don't think #Assange is evil, I just think he's a knobhead
And by that, it's a way of explaining away their apathy - which is apathy very convenient to established powers, who find the wikileaks of western war crimes just a little bit too inconvenient
Basically, it's people self identifying as dupes
You don't have to like Assange personally. No one is forcing you to go for a drink with him. But you should be appalled and suspicious of how he has been treated
And by that, it's a way of explaining away their apathy - which is apathy very convenient to established powers, who find the wikileaks of western war crimes just a little bit too inconvenient
Basically, it's people self identifying as dupes
You don't have to like Assange personally. No one is forcing you to go for a drink with him. But you should be appalled and suspicious of how he has been treated
Adam Dalliance •
Less of a knobhead than the knobheads doing the warcrimes he reported, the reporting of which caused the knobheads of state to do all that.
Lydia Conwell •
But it's like they're judging him on their gut feeling rather than the more solid claims reported. And that's how propaganda works sometimes, encourages people to 'feel' an aversion to something without giving reasons.
Adam Dalliance •
Lydia Conwell •