Comment on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 6 days agoThe connection from Assange to Russia was laid out in the OP. Russia had a vested interest in skewing and interfering with US politics in 2016.
There’s the relevancy you failed to see.
ebc@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Even if Assange himself was openly interfering in US politics, how is that relevant? If he isn’t a US person, and he’s not on US soil, why would he be bound by US law? US law isn’t universal law, you know.
sunzu@kbin.run 6 days ago
People don't like the guy, that's enough jurisdiction for them!
ebc@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
From this thread, looks like you’re right, sadly…
sunzu@kbin.run 6 days ago
I can't tell if we got bots/shills but these assange threads are getting swamped with comments and voting.
Not sure if this real public sentiment or somebody is setting it for this "sensitive" topic.
Nobody can really properly state their position beyond, that guy is a rapist and russian asset... seems like an op tbh
Same old smear attempts that US has been using for a decade.