The Cruelty Is the Point

[Belligerent Savant]

And yes, FUCK that piece of shit Julian Assange. And fuck his phony Vinny "the Chin" Gigante act.

He deserved to be booted from the Ecuadorian embassy, he deserved to be arrested, he deserves to be extradited to the United States of America (hopefully only after Trump is evicted from the White House, so he can't pardon his partner in crime), and he deserves to be tried for his crimes.

His single good deed (taking part in exposing the gunship video) does not exonerate him for all his subsequent heinous behavior in perpetuity, for fuck's sake.

For what he put Seth Rich's family through alone, he deserves to suffer.

J.

Very passionate display. One would almost be persuaded to believe Assange has impacted you at a personal level, somehow.

What crimes does he deserve to be tried for?



Also, this:

Ditto Mac's comments.

And yes, FUCK that piece of shit Julian Assange. And fuck his phony Vinny "the Chin" Gigante act.

He deserved to be booted from the Ecuadorian embassy, he deserved to be arrested, he deserves to be extradited to the United States of America (hopefully only after Trump is evicted from the White House, so he can't pardon his partner in crime), and he deserves to be tried for his crimes.

His single good deed (taking part in exposing the gunship video) does not exonerate him for all his subsequent heinous behavior in perpetuity, for fuck's sake.

For what he put Seth Rich's family through alone, he deserves to suffer.

J.

The family sensitivity card; that's rich. And utterly incomprehensible. As if investigative journalism into high crimes (or any investigation) should only be pursued with an eye to how exposure could affect victim family members.

[Harvey]

The Jerk's true colours shine through. Splendid as self incriminating narrator.

[Jerky]

You misunderstand (again).

I never suggested that Seth Rich's murder should not be investigated (for fuck's fucking sake).

Julian Assange knew full well that the documents did NOT come from Seth Rich. Furthermore, he knew full well that they came from the Kremlin.

And yet, he went on international media and repeatedly hinted and suggested, through various means, that Seth Rich was the source of those documents.

All because that fit his particular political motives.

THAT was fucking vile. It was disgusting and contemptible.

That's who your hero is. A fucking piece of shit.

J.

Ditto Mac's comments.

And yes, FUCK that piece of shit Julian Assange. And fuck his phony Vinny "the Chin" Gigante act.

He deserved to be booted from the Ecuadorian embassy, he deserved to be arrested, he deserves to be extradited to the United States of America (hopefully only after Trump is evicted from the White House, so he can't pardon his partner in crime), and he deserves to be tried for his crimes.

His single good deed (taking part in exposing the gunship video) does not exonerate him for all his subsequent heinous behavior in perpetuity, for fuck's sake.

For what he put Seth Rich's family through alone, he deserves to suffer.

J.

The family sensitivity card; that's rich. And utterly incomprehensible. As if investigative journalism into high crimes (or any investigation) should only be pursued with an eye to how exposure could affect victim family members.

[JackRiddler]

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By the way, this has got to be some kind of winner for combining category error with generally odious propaganda:

Besides which, maybe go ask the Rosenbergs how much money it costs, or what percentage of the total extant social media real-estate one needs to occupy, in order to royally fuck with the whole wide world in such a way that there can never be any going back.

Jerky

Regarding category error: Even if this had any truth to it, it would be like if I advanced a critique of the advertising industry and the derisive answer was: "Yeah, but smallpox was worse, having killed so many millions."

I guess that's true!

But as for the truth content... Remember when the Rosenbergs dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a demonstration to the Russkies? Oh right, they didn't do that. Truman did.

Remember when the Rosenbergs passed the formula for the bomb to the Russkies? They didn't do that either, as has been long established. Julius spied for the Soviets, but he didn't have information on the bomb to provide. That was a made-up Cold War panic, sort of like #Russiagate but worse, since it was actually effective in whipping up the populace and got the courts to sentence the Rosenbergs to judicial murder. Ethel was innocent of any of this, she didn't spy for anyone but was executed anyway for having married Julius.

So as a totally made-up panic about Russia invented to serve a domestic propaganda agenda, I guess the invocation of this example is appropriate in some fashion. What kind of unreconstructed old-style Cold Warrior (who presumably is under 90 years old) would resort to such a thing in 2018 is an interesting question!

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[Cordelia]

Cruelty Is ...

For what he put Seth Rich's family through alone, he deserves to suffer.

J.

...promoting suffering.

[thrulookingglass]

We will never make life better by hating one another.