The guy is an insufferable self-centered egotistical piece of shit (hey, sounds like the terms people have used to describe some other people we know), but that is exactly the sort of person Wikileaks needed to be their frontman.
I know he needs to protect his sources and has interests at play he can't divulge (kinda goes against the point of Wikileaks, but whatever), but he can really come across as slimy and jelly-like in his media work. If it's not puffing up his ego, he doesn't really want to know about it.
That said, what was done to him is reprehensible. His claimed actions that led to the persecution do not in any way warrant the level of reaction that has taken place (though he did contribute a bit to his own situation).
What really turned me off to Wikileaks' work was the Collateral murder video which was terribly deceptively edited and taken out of all context. Any legitimate criticism (or even non-legitimate criticism) levelled against Assange and Wikileaks over that video was like you were nailing the messiah to the cross yourself. Media reporting from conflict zones, even by independents is always going to carry some bias. Either what they're allowed to show, or be shown.
It's somewhat like what happened in the Palestinian territories when Hamas took over from Fatah in Gaza. There was a distinct shift in how and what could be shown. Then you add in claims of Pallywood, and the misleading footage from both sides during the Intafadahs and the last Israel-Hezbollah war and it should make anyone stop to consider what is being shown to them by the media (independent or MSM) and what the narrative being forced is.
You can even see it happening in Australia, with Stan Grant and Waleed Ali suddnely being forced down everyone's throats as the voice of their peoples, and anyone who dares disagree is a bigot.
Shit bro, that is one long winded way of saying 'I hate people with Asperger Syndrome because I don't understand their mannerisms, speech or body language'.
Nope. No problem at all with Aspies. Huge problem with self-centered pieces of shit who ride their ego to the edge of the universe. Massive difference between the two.
If that's what you've been told as an excuse for his behaviour, you've been lied to.
[sigh] Hi there fren, diagnosed high functioning autist here. My kids are on the spectrum and I have two relatives with Aspergers. You're right - the fuck would I know?
We want our Boi back on Au home soil. Personally, I've never met another Aussie who disagrees.
Well, I don't want him back.
The guy is an insufferable self-centered egotistical piece of shit (hey, sounds like the terms people have used to describe some other people we know), but that is exactly the sort of person Wikileaks needed to be their frontman.
I know he needs to protect his sources and has interests at play he can't divulge (kinda goes against the point of Wikileaks, but whatever), but he can really come across as slimy and jelly-like in his media work. If it's not puffing up his ego, he doesn't really want to know about it.
That said, what was done to him is reprehensible. His claimed actions that led to the persecution do not in any way warrant the level of reaction that has taken place (though he did contribute a bit to his own situation).
What really turned me off to Wikileaks' work was the Collateral murder video which was terribly deceptively edited and taken out of all context. Any legitimate criticism (or even non-legitimate criticism) levelled against Assange and Wikileaks over that video was like you were nailing the messiah to the cross yourself. Media reporting from conflict zones, even by independents is always going to carry some bias. Either what they're allowed to show, or be shown.
It's somewhat like what happened in the Palestinian territories when Hamas took over from Fatah in Gaza. There was a distinct shift in how and what could be shown. Then you add in claims of Pallywood, and the misleading footage from both sides during the Intafadahs and the last Israel-Hezbollah war and it should make anyone stop to consider what is being shown to them by the media (independent or MSM) and what the narrative being forced is.
You can even see it happening in Australia, with Stan Grant and Waleed Ali suddnely being forced down everyone's throats as the voice of their peoples, and anyone who dares disagree is a bigot.
Congratulations.
You're the first person I've seen argue that it's ok to mow down a bunch of reporters with machine gun fire.
What kind of prize would you like?
Shit bro, that is one long winded way of saying 'I hate people with Asperger Syndrome because I don't understand their mannerisms, speech or body language'.
Nope. No problem at all with Aspies. Huge problem with self-centered pieces of shit who ride their ego to the edge of the universe. Massive difference between the two.
If that's what you've been told as an excuse for his behaviour, you've been lied to.
[sigh] Hi there fren, diagnosed high functioning autist here. My kids are on the spectrum and I have two relatives with Aspergers. You're right - the fuck would I know?