Darling Of The Left,Michael Moore Gives $20K For Assange Bail...

[LibocalypseNow]

This one is pretty interesting. Michael Moore has announced he has given $20K to Assange for his Bail. He has also offered his own Websites for future Wikileaks use. I'm just wondering how you all feel about this one? Most on this Board have been calling for Assange's head. And some of the more vicious calls for his head have been coming from the Leftists who routinely visit this board. So i would especially like to hear from them on this. Thanks.

Michael Moore Contributed $20K Toward Julian Assange's Bail - FoxNews.com

 

[BlackAsCoal]

Good for you Michael Moore.

Assange has become a global hero .. with a bullseye on the back of his head and the corporate finger at the trigger.

 

[Modbert]

Good for Michael Moore.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

So the Left no longer wants his head on a platter? I confused.

 

[Modbert]

So the Left no longer wants his head on a platter? I confused.

I never wanted his head on a platter. The problem for you is the fact you're a ignorant moron.

 

[BlackAsCoal]

So the Left no longer wants his head on a platter? I confused.

You are confused.

 

[8537]

So the Left no longer wants his head on a platter? I confused.

Most people who wanted his head on a platter were conservatives. this leftists wishes him nothing but the best, and continued success at exposing the stupidity of governments around the world.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

So this current Administration is "Conservative?" Hmm? I still confused.

 

[BlackAsCoal]

So this current Administration is "Conservative?" Hmm? I still confused.

Now I get it .. you think Obama and tthe Democratic Party are the left.



WRONG

 

[LibocalypseNow]

So this current Administration is "Conservative?" Hmm? I still confused.

Now I get it .. you think Obama and tthe Democratic Party are the left.



WRONG

So they've become Conservatives? Interesting.

 

[johnrocks]

Damn, I gotta say, this is the first time I think I have ever agreed with that ugly bastard.

 

[WillowTree]

So to the left Asangeeeeeee is a hero? The hate America First club is officially in session. Go Team.

 

[Sallow]

So the Left no longer wants his head on a platter? I confused.

I want him charged properly and proportional to the crime that was committed. What I don't want is Hyperbole.

Moore is well within his rights to donate his money as he sees fit.

 

[BlackAsCoal]

So this current Administration is "Conservative?" Hmm? I still confused.

Now I get it .. you think Obama and tthe Democratic Party are the left.



WRONG

So they've become Conservatives? Interesting.

Who needs to be a conservative?

Obama is a corporatist .. and a centrist

He doesn't give a shit about the left.

 

[BlackAsCoal]

So to the left Asangeeeeeee is a hero? The hate America First club is officially in session. Go Team.

Yeah, telling the TRUTH should always be considered as "hate America"

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Man,i have to say i saw quite a few Lefties on this board recently frothing at the mouth calling for this guy's head. I'm sensing a different tone from them now. Why is that?

 

[BlindBoo]

So fucking what?

 

[BlackAsCoal]

If Assange Were In China, US Politicians Would Be Cheering Him On

from the transparency-means-different-things-when-it's-about-you dept

We've pointed out the general hypocrisy of US politicians calling for an end to internet censorship, while threatening Wikileaks at the same time. If you want to see some real irony, check out the fact that Senator Joe Lieberman, who has been the loudest voice in pushing for censorship of Wikileaks and of others in the press, just so happens to be a member of the "Global Internet Freedom Caucus." Yeah, except here in the US.

Along those lines, Martin Varsavsky points out the obvious: if Julian Assange were a Chinese citizen, publishing Chinese government documents, the US would likely be cheering him on:

Lately I have a strong feeling that the Chinese must be rejoicing at all the "retroactive law invention" that is going on in the West to put one man in jail. Because if Assange had been a Chinese citizen promoting transparency in China we would be lining up to give him the Nobel Prize. We can't demand transparency from others and censorship for ourselves.
In fact, as Evgeny Morozov notes, Russia's Ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin is already using the US's reaction to Wikileaks to say what a joke "freedom of the press" is in America. That tweet is in Russian, but the Google translation is:

In my opinion, the fate of Assange says the lack of media freedom in the West, the presence of political persecution and human rights violations.

What's really stunning, beyond just the sheer uselessness and impotence of the US government's response to Wikileaks, is the fact that it's inevitably destroying any moral high ground on claims of freedom and support of free speech we might have once had. In the end, I would expect that to have a much bigger impact than anything that's in the actual leaked cables.
If Assange Were In China, US Politicians Would Be Cheering Him On | Techdirt

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Assange is a media whore. That's it.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

If this guy posted secret information that put American troops in harm's way such the position of troops on the battlefield and classified information about secret agents who could be killed then he is wrong and should be prosecuted, but if he's only posting the dirty laundry of politicians and their hypocrisy of how they tell people one thing and say another I say leave him the hell alone, politicians have been lying to Americans for too long.