Julian Assange is a bit of a twat but he does have the knack of bringing out the crazies on all sides of the aisle. Among his detractors the craziest are those demanding that he be killed because he's a "terrorist", ironically the US Congressman who referred to Assange as a terrorist is the most enthusiastic supporter of the IRA in the US, Peter King- so planting bombs in shopping centres and forcing victims to become human bombs isn't terrorism but publishing the gossip from the Ferrero Rocher set is. OK.
Mike Huckabee who is probably going to compete for the GOP presidential nomination has called for the soldier who leaked the information to be executed- given his record of leniancy towards even the most dangerous criminals this seems surprising.
Assange's supporters are perhaps worse, resembling a cult in which no criticism of the leader can be tolerated. The hackers targetting his enemies are a case in point- they are even targetting the Swedish prosecuters who want him extradited- I don't know whether Assange is guilty or not but neither do they so the fact that they are angry at the Swedes suggest that they think that it doesn't matter whether he rapes anyone or not. Like DJ I've been struck by the difference with how the left usually wants accusations of rape to be treated.
Pea brained American demagoge & TV host Keith Olbermann has even been promoting the prominent Swedish neo Nazi Israel Shamir in an attempt to discredit Assange's accusers.
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Rape? Surely the part of the criminal code that Julian Aasange is being accused under is that he failed to use a condom when having consensual sex with his long-standing female friend?
I've heard that but that isn't a crime even in Sweden.
Give them time...
Even wikipedia is more honest about Israel Shamir than the scom at Reason.
Israel Shamir (born 1947[1]) is a writer and journalist.[2] He is a commentator on Arab - Israeli relations and Jewish culture.[3][4][5] He is originally from Novosibirsk, Siberia and moved to Israel in 1969, served as paratrooper in the army and fought in the 1973 war. He took up journalism and writing in 1975.[6]
In 2004 Shamir was baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem by Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna of Sabastia and given the name Adam.[6]
I meant "the scum" at Reason.
Israel Shamir's record is long enough to demonstrate that he is a pretty hardcore antisemite.
Or the Anonymous folks might be motivated by Assange being blatantly set up, for instance one of the supposed victims running round deleting tweets and blog comments that disprove her accusations.
Lots of adjectives in there, Ross, lad.
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