Whats your opinion on Julian Assange?

AMKC

My opinion is I think he is a traitor to the security of the world and the sooner he is in a prison with no computer access the better. The Ecuador government have finally seen sense are are now trying to get him out of there Embassy in the UK.

Before WikiLeaks the World was a far safer place its only after all the leaks from that site that the World has become a lot less safe regarding terrorists. I don,t think Isil or any of them evil organisations would have formed had Wikileaks not been around and I also think that Donald Trump would not now be president of the United States and the World would be far better of for it.

srsly78

I'm no fan of the guy, but blaming Wikileaks for ISIS is idiotic.

Grayson

Wikileaks is a great idea but it needs more internal oversight. Releasing unredacted documents that could hurt people is damn stupid.

As for Assange. He's a bit of a dick. Sorry I means he's a huge dick. Can't stand the guy.

NinetyTwoTeam

I think himself and Snowden are modern day heroes, and O would explain why but based on the idiocy of the original post I don't see much point.

thegills

Would the victims of 911 agree with you? Wikileaks came afterwards I think.

Too Tough To Die

He's a class act. He's a rebel. And he stands up to bullies.

Lux23

Hateful creep and I always thought that even when he was still a media darling and being held up as some sort of a hero.

Night Falls

I dislike him immensely, particularly as I think the idea of wikileaks is good, but what he's done with it (he's no more than a puppet for putin) is terrible.

Lux23

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

He's a class act. He's a rebel. And he stands up to bullies.

That is sarcasm, right?

LirW

grand dude

Rumpy Pumpy

An oddball neckbeard type character loved by the loony left and alt-right weirdos.

Thich Nhat Hanh

What does neckbeard mean?

Harry Palmr

A ludicrous preening prima donna.

mcmoustache

Night Falls wrote: »

I dislike him immensely, particularly as I think the idea of wikileaks is good, but what he's done with it (he's no more than a puppet for putin) is terrible.

I agree completely and I'll add to it.

There was a point when wikileaks was about transparency, plain and simple. They seemed to be unbiased enough to p*ss off everybody.

Then a few years ago there was a big shift. They stopped publishing Russian dirt, supposedly after some coercion, maybe death threats. Since then, they've more or less stopped pretending to be impartial in any way.

To give a few recent examples:

They railed against the Panana papers.
They released DNC emails only despite admitting to having similar on the RNC which they didn't publish.
They pushed the Seth Rich conspiracy.
They had discussions with Trump Junior, offering help with the campaign.
Last week, they linked to a pirated copy of the Michael Wolff book.


They're compromised as f*ck at this point.

Night Falls

Harry Palmr wrote: »

A ludicrous preening prima donna.

Off-topic, but one of the simple joys in life is incorrectly spelled words or phrases, one of my favourites was someone being referred to as a "pre-madonna".

DEFTLEFTHAND

It's time for him to pay the piper.

seamus

He played a good game, courted the anti-establishment sentiment and the good works of Ed Snowden to portray himself as a "good guy of the people", and wikileaks as a defender of freedom, anti-corruption and pro-transparency

But as more details about the charges against him became clear (i.e. they're not just trumped-up charges to try and secure an extradition), and Wikileaks revealed that it's nothing more than a Russian propaganda mouthpiece intent on destabilising the west rather than fighting corruption, his credibility was shot.

alchemist33

Wikileaks isn't even a wiki. He named it so to follow on the coat-tails on Wikipedia, and when Wikipedia asked him not to, he refused. I don't think he's remotely the shining knight of truth he used to be made as.

Fighting Irish

NinetyTwoTeam wrote: »

I think himself and Snowden are modern day heroes, and O would explain why but based on the idiocy of the original post I don't see much point.

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Fighting Irish

Night Falls wrote: »

I dislike him immensely, particularly as I think the idea of wikileaks is good, but what he's done with it (he's no more than a puppet for putin) is terrible.

I hope you know you're crazy

Night Falls

What part of my post gave you such remarkable insight into my mental health?

biko

AMKC wrote: »

My opinion is I think he is a traitor to the security of the world and the sooner he is in a prison with no computer access the better.

Before WikiLeaks the World was a far safer place its only after all the leaks from that site that the World has become a lot less safe regarding terrorists.

I can easily say you and I hold opposing views on this matter.
It's the people that scheme in the dark that cause the problems we see today, not the people bringing things up into the light.

Arghus

The only thing I can say for sure is that he's fierce pale looking. Fierce pale altogether.

pitifulgod

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I hope you know you're crazy

Last year wikileaks were offered a substantial number of files in relation to Russian government. They didn't leak them due to their focus on Clinton. That's what they claimed as reason anyway.

In addition, they had leaks of Saudi intelligence files that gave away personal info of those convicted and under investigation by the Saudi regime. This put incredibly vulnerable people in danger.

I have contempt for wikileaks and Assange at this stage. Assange is a propagandist half the time and appears to be a fan of Trump. He doesn't care about collateral damage with leaks and seems obsessed with increasing his profile at this stage. Revealing corruption is not a priority.

I have immense respect for Manning and Snowden btw.

Sonics2k

Is he a traitor, no he's not.

Does he have a very clear agenda, in that he only releases documents that suit him and his own, he absolutely does. I wouldn't trust him in the slightest.

buried

Do not trust. Will never understand why anyone wants to put people like this lad up on a pedestal. You will just be disappoint eventually.

hatrickpatrick

I approve of any organisation which seeks to destabilise the establishment, but Assange is an idiot for allowing his (justified) hatred of Hillary Clinton to compromise his ethics as an editor. I don't believe for a second that he's a Russian agent or anything like that - the truth is, his spat with Clinton over the diplomatic cables was severe enough that he doesn't need any coercion from a foreign government to hate her. But it's stupid, he should be above that as editor of one of the (formerly, sadly) most important media organisations of the 21st century - and I say all this as someone who absolutely despises Hillary Clinton for similar reasons.

Lirange

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

He's a class act. He's a rebel. And he stands up to bullies.

I think that's a reasonably accurate description of Snowden.

Assange? Not so much. He's more invested in his ego than anything else. He's also known to be quite the bully himself, particularly towards his erstwhile partners and allies. Then there's his penchant for exaggeration and bizarre obsessions. He's not eccentric. Just a delusional prat.

Cienciano

Assange is obviously working for Russia, not sure why anyone would listen to him now

Barry Badrinath

AMKC wrote: »

Before WikiLeaks the World was a far safer place its only after all the leaks from that site that the World has become a lot less safe regarding terrorists. I don,t think Isil or any of them evil organisations would have formed had Wikileaks not been around.

Im sorry but this is probably the stupidist thing I have EVER read on this site and maybe anywhere online.

Im all for people having opinions but that is pure bollox and complete misinformation.

How did you even come to that assumption? Fcuk me.

Fred Swanson

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