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[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"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 3 weeks ago

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 3 weeks ago

I'm not calling anyone a coward.

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

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