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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The US get to show just how tough they are on whistleblowers and their associates.
Assange gets to go home.

If I was him, I'd keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

"If I was him, I'd keep my head down and try to get to know my kids."

Wouldn't that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won?

I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the threats worked and the corrupt won.

Now he gets to see his kids.
I'd choose that too.
You can call it cowardice, I'd call it pragmatism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm not calling anyone a coward.

I'm just less sure it's the end of anything.

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