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In reply to the discussion: So let me see if I understand the 2 biggest hot button topics on DU [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)process and are more than willing to convict someone without evidence, without even having charges filed IF they view that person as some kind of threat to their political ideology. Fortunately a majority of DUers appear to still care about the rule of law.
The Assange case has also shown that some progressives are willing to ignore actual, verified cases of brutal rape and 'move on' while the women struggle, those who survived, to get justice. It also shows that there is no interest in the rape and even sodomy of children in US held detention centers when they agree with this administration's decision to simply not pursue those egregious war crimes.
The Assange case has also shown that some Progressives do not support a free press, unless it benefits their own political ideology.
Shamefully, some progressives even support charging a News Organization with espionage.
And even more shamefully, some of them are elected officials.