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BainsBane

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8. I think there is a point separate from whether the Wikileaks

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #6)

Mon May 13, 2013, 03:51 PM

May 2013

document dump is a good idea. Many who support the release of those US govt docs support Assange in spite of legal charges of rape against him, in spite of the fact he is evading prosecution for sexual molestation and coercive sex against women in Sweden and has not been charged with anything by the US government. So say this were the Pentagon Papers instead of the Wikileaks dump, that wouldn't make a charges of sex crimes any less serious. My point is that admiring Assange is not a valid reason for victim blaming and denying the validity of charges against him. Those rape victims deserve their day in court, just as the girls in Steubenville did.

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Assange and Steubenville: Excusing Rape [View all] BainsBane May 2013 OP

Honestly, I have always had trouble seeing Assange as an altruist, in ANY way, let alone a hero. nt patrice May 2013 #1

Thank you MAD Dave May 2013 #2

Well said! riqster May 2013 #3

Thanks BainsBane May 2013 #5

I have found the differing attitudes about these events to be troubling. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #4

It is exactly rape culture ismnotwasm May 2013 #6

I think there is a point separate from whether the Wikileaks BainsBane May 2013 #8

I agree, I was hesitant to post that here ismnotwasm May 2013 #10

I appreciate the link though BainsBane May 2013 #9

i totally agree with all you say, even the part that you took out. for me, seabeyond May 2013 #21

I see similarities. MadrasT May 2013 #7

K&R n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #11

I do not agree with the personal attacks but now both women have stated that they were not raped. Luminous Animal May 2013 #12

That's not true BainsBane May 2013 #13

I am not sure what you are claiming is untue. Luminous Animal May 2013 #14

the state doesn't bring charges without a complainant BainsBane May 2013 #15

Isn't he still in the Ecuadorian embassy in London? ismnotwasm May 2013 #16

Let me rephrase that. Your link leads people to believe that Luminous Animal May 2013 #17

Then he should go face charges ismnotwasm May 2013 #19

thanks for typing it all out. that is how i see it also. also, at one point he "held down" a woman seabeyond May 2013 #22

What the woman said ismnotwasm May 2013 #23

I am not fully apprised of the Swedish system but the state certainly does bring charges without a Luminous Animal May 2013 #18

thank you bains. you are right on. i believe there is just one poster on du that continually seabeyond May 2013 #20