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SidDithers

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34. Much of your "criticism" of the posting of these articles has been just as full of it, pal....nt
Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:32 AM
Aug 2012

Sid

Disappointing. WikiLeaks perpetrating this, I mean. gateley Aug 2012 #1
.... and the demonization of Assange continues... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #2
Be careful... backscatter712 Aug 2012 #12
Oh, no, the only people that give a shit about this are right here. renie408 Aug 2012 #43
....which seems to be Strategy #2.... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #84
If it's a fact... Mmm_Bacon Aug 2012 #58
Wikileaks' "Greatest Hits", are you serious? AntiFascist Aug 2012 #85
well leaking someone's medical records is pretty friggin' demonic. nt arely staircase Aug 2012 #59
Yes, but this is a red herring... girl gone mad Aug 2012 #109
Demonization? He released that fake thing in 2008, and AGAIN when Jobs died. MADem Aug 2012 #101
As I've said elsewhere... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #105
You said "...and the demonization of Assange continues." MADem Aug 2012 #117
and perhaps he does lack character going way back... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #119
If you do go way back, you'll see that he behaved very badly as an adult in his MADem Aug 2012 #123
Romney and Ryan are both high profile public servents... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #129
Assange has been in the public eye since he was a teenager. MADem Aug 2012 #135
So what is your morality point about the film? AntiFascist Aug 2012 #138
I haven't seen it, how can I have a "morality point" about it? MADem Aug 2012 #140
So, anyway, your point seems to be... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #141
No, that's not my point at all. MADem Aug 2012 #146
Your last sentence is clearly wrong... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #158
No, it's not "clearly wrong." MADem Aug 2012 #165
Do people believe that if Assange is a creep, it means the governments he exposed aren't? still_one Aug 2012 #152
If you're equating Assange to Ritter, you are not doing the guy any favors. nt MADem Aug 2012 #169
This is such a strange way to characterize what happened.. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #110
I beg your high-handed pardon? I'm only responding to the accusation of "demonization." MADem Aug 2012 #118
Once again, you are responding emotionally, not dealing in facts or logic. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #120
No, I'm not--I'm responding with facts and you're getting "emotional" over them. MADem Aug 2012 #122
No, those are not the facts. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #124
Now you're just being silly. MADem Aug 2012 #125
Wikileaks never "released" or "re-released" these documents. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #128
Sure they did. They publicized them, and there was a goal behind that. MADem Aug 2012 #136
Is That What Happenned? On the Road Aug 2012 #157
Why should we trust any documents anonymously posted there? pnwmom Aug 2012 #126
Because the important stuff... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #131
So the unredacted diplomatic files that he published without getting them vetted by pnwmom Aug 2012 #134
There are various levels of "publishing"... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #139
Or taking valid documents and altering them JUST enough, and then handing them over... MADem Aug 2012 #170
I hope your paycheck is large. nt Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #3
You Survived A Very Ridiculous Alert! HangOnKids Aug 2012 #4
Umm, aren't you posting secret information? AntiFascist Aug 2012 #6
Results of Alerts are posted everyday on DU HangOnKids Aug 2012 #7
Sorry, just my failed attempt at humor. n/t AntiFascist Aug 2012 #19
I didn't know that. Personally, I think those who are so inclined to post alerts are unprofessional still_one Aug 2012 #164
I'm flattered that you, and your friends (be they real or imaginary), consider my remarks on Assange struggle4progress Aug 2012 #10
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #5
The issue of fakes and forgeries associated with Wikileaks, matters if we call Assange a journalist: struggle4progress Aug 2012 #9
Can you enlighten me as to... AntiFascist Aug 2012 #20
you should start a website devoted to exposing the hidden truth about wikileaks Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #8
It is all readily available information: none of it is hidden struggle4progress Aug 2012 #11
Someone could- of course- expose the inner machinations of that operation, through a site called Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #16
So you think there is something wrong with a person having HIV?? sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #77
You do realize that posts like this show that you are obsessed with Wikileaks to the point grantcart Aug 2012 #13
I've taken no stand on the rape charges. Maybe he's innocent. I think Sweden can sort it out fairly. struggle4progress Aug 2012 #15
there ARE NO RAPE CHARGES WillYourVoteBCounted Aug 2012 #61
Two women charged Assange with sexual assault and rape, but no formal charges have been filed: struggle4progress Aug 2012 #74
I believe the legal term you're looking for is "ACCUSED", not "CHARGED". bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #93
I'm not a lawyer; I'm not in court; and I'm using ordinary English words with ordinary meanings struggle4progress Aug 2012 #94
"No charges have been filed against Julian Assange." WillYourVoteBCounted Aug 2012 #95
I don't intend to try the case on DU: Assange should go to Sweden where he is wanted struggle4progress Aug 2012 #98
Woman AA Destroyed Evidence WillYourVoteBCounted Aug 2012 #96
I don't intend to try the case on DU: Assange should go to Sweden where he is wanted struggle4progress Aug 2012 #99
This went before a prosecutor in 2010 & she dismissed it WillYourVoteBCounted Aug 2012 #97
I don't intend to try the case on DU: Assange should go to Sweden where he is wanted struggle4progress Aug 2012 #100
Yeh...even the comic appeal is wearing thin. nt Zorra Aug 2012 #17
Yeah we passed that point some time back. grantcart Aug 2012 #21
It's a lot of useful stuff to counter the treestar Aug 2012 #24
I couldn't disagree more. I think it undermines more substantial criticisms of Assange/Wikileaks grantcart Aug 2012 #25
The other day Struggle posted a link to a pdf treestar Aug 2012 #32
This would be over in a NY minute if Sweden simply states that they will bring him grantcart Aug 2012 #33
Well again, it is not for Julian to dictate terms treestar Aug 2012 #36
He is not dictating terms he is offering to negotiate. grantcart Aug 2012 #42
Negotiating from a place where he fled the legal system treestar Aug 2012 #47
Again you are arguing that he be prosecuted for a rape charge because of what he did at Wikileaks. grantcart Aug 2012 #57
What? treestar Aug 2012 #67
He has no rights to negotiate, as a fugitive. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #54
Again, what the fuck. grantcart Aug 2012 #56
Um...no. I'm a criminal defense attorney. And I can tell you categorically that msanthrope Aug 2012 #62
Very funny that you would out yourself as a defense attorney grantcart Aug 2012 #65
Um..this case doesn't involve China or the US, nor did Chen face a valid EAW for rape. msanthrope Aug 2012 #70
"out yourself" jberryhill Aug 2012 #76
Quito's London embassy is not "sovereign territory ... of Ecuador" but sovereign territory of the UK struggle4progress Aug 2012 #78
A blind Chinese dissident molested 2 Swedish women in a sexual fashion? MADem Aug 2012 #137
But Sweden can't promise that...it's entirely possible there msanthrope Aug 2012 #40
Promises to extradite for limited prosecution is done all of the time grantcart Aug 2012 #44
That's exactly what they want to do treestar Aug 2012 #49
The fact that you link your general distaste for Assange to the prosecution in Sweden proves grantcart Aug 2012 #55
Quit with the personal attacks about my alleged anger at this person treestar Aug 2012 #66
Yes. If there's an extradition request on the table. Which there isn't. msanthrope Aug 2012 #51
The international extradition law, that applies to Sweden here, has been pointed out again and again struggle4progress Aug 2012 #75
I LMAO at that grant! HangOnKids Aug 2012 #72
What are you saying the OP is fabricating? Are you saying he's incorrect pnwmom Aug 2012 #127
This is a fabrication: girl gone mad Aug 2012 #130
Wikileaks exposed that it was fake! you are right but.... Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #132
Why were they posting an image that they suspected was fake? pnwmom Aug 2012 #133
Steve Jobs purported HIV medical status results, 2008 struggle4progress Aug 2012 #160
Oh wow this one is in English! Puregonzo1188 Aug 2012 #14
I have a different take on this.. Cha Aug 2012 #18
Dear Cha, I don't believe that they are informative in the least. grantcart Aug 2012 #22
Sweden has most certainly not indicated plans to extradite Assange to a third country. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #27
Not true. Sweden has indicated that the only condition that would prevent extradition is grantcart Aug 2012 #29
Nonsense. There isn't an extradition request from the US. His lawyers tried that msanthrope Aug 2012 #39
Wrong 5 different ways grantcart Aug 2012 #41
Exactly my point! You could have other countries, other than the US who msanthrope Aug 2012 #52
To get justice for their clients. grantcart Aug 2012 #60
Again, is there an actual extradition request? Or are you just speculating? msanthrope Aug 2012 #64
Oh for god sake grantcart Aug 2012 #68
grantcart....Sweden doesn't have to promise anything. And they won't. Nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #73
Then they are doing a grave disservice to the two women... girl gone mad Aug 2012 #106
Failure to negotiate with a fugitive alleged rapist is a feature, not a bug. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #114
I have no doubt it is a feature.. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #115
+1000000000. I agree, its at the level of spamming riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #28
HIDE THREAD is your friend. MADem Aug 2012 #147
They had so much stuff they could not digest it and make a narrative for it treestar Aug 2012 #23
DU rec... SidDithers Aug 2012 #26
Your characterization of those that object to this tripe as being Assange disciples is grantcart Aug 2012 #30
Much of your "criticism" of the posting of these articles has been just as full of it, pal....nt SidDithers Aug 2012 #34
That is not what you said grantcart Aug 2012 #37
Decision time?... SidDithers Aug 2012 #45
Anoher steaming pile grantcart Aug 2012 #50
How would Swedish prosecutors get justice "in a New York minute"?... SidDithers Aug 2012 #91
Read what Grantcart wrote upthread, Sid. He makes points and unlike the OP and yourself Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #31
... SidDithers Aug 2012 #35
Again, no content whatsoever. Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #38
Wrong again, eh?... SidDithers Aug 2012 #46
Hang in there Sid. I see you're being dogpiled as well, and from quite an unlikely source. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2012 #154
Of course there is no content grantcart Aug 2012 #71
bully dionysus Aug 2012 #48
Maybe the company was founded retroactively. nt valerief Aug 2012 #53
Does Bain Capital own a chunk of that enterprise??? MADem Aug 2012 #102
so what if it was fake, the most stunning thing here is the utter immorality arely staircase Aug 2012 #63
Wikileaks was not the leaker of these documents. Wikileaks actually sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #79
so they did NOT publish this? arely staircase Aug 2012 #86
You could just read the wikileaks page and find out for youself. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #107
Yes, except Wikileaks was not the leaker of those records. They and other sites sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #82
is there something wrong with having hiv? arely staircase Aug 2012 #87
"anyone who would link or otherwise broadcast such information is a pos." girl gone mad Aug 2012 #108
obtuse is as obtuse does arely staircase Aug 2012 #111
Do you stand by your comment or not? girl gone mad Aug 2012 #113
more than ever arely staircase Aug 2012 #116
So to set the record straight girl gone mad Aug 2012 #121
i have looked into it arely staircase Aug 2012 #145
Don't you need a vacation? Cleita Aug 2012 #69
As I already posted in #15 above: "Maybe he's innocent. I think Sweden can sort it out fairly." struggle4progress Aug 2012 #80
So you are beginning to doubt yourself it seems. Cleita Aug 2012 #83
Your ESP has apparently been on the fritz for quite some time struggle4progress Aug 2012 #89
Nice strawman there. Cleita Aug 2012 #90
what does this have to do with exposing the corruption and intrusiveness? rachel1 Aug 2012 #81
You've turned into a one-topic record here on DU. Alduin Aug 2012 #88
I do appreciate your opinion on how DU should be used as a resource struggle4progress Aug 2012 #92
No You Don't HangOnKids Aug 2012 #103
Why are you "unhealthily obsesssed" over someone else's interest? MADem Aug 2012 #148
Why do you have to butt into my business? Alduin Aug 2012 #149
Because I find your enthusiastic abrogation of the poster's free speech rights "obsessive." MADem Aug 2012 #150
I make the comments because the poster can post one thread on the subject... Alduin Aug 2012 #153
If you all feel the same, then by all means, please take MADem's advice, en masse. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2012 #156
HIDE THREAD is your friend. Stop telling people what they can/can't do. MADem Aug 2012 #166
All I see here is... Alduin Aug 2012 #167
Thank you for showing us what you're all about. There's no doubt, now. NT MADem Aug 2012 #168
I am quite firmly on the fence regarding Assange, and the whole matter swirling about him. apocalypsehow Aug 2012 #104
As(SPAM)ange. You need a wiki-hate forum. morningfog Aug 2012 #112
WIKILEAKS DEBUNKED THE HIV STORY FFS! frylock Aug 2012 #142
Nope. When Jobs died, Wikileaks tweeted a linkon Wikileaks site to a supposed HIV report for Job struggle4progress Aug 2012 #143
What exactly are these "conspiracy theories"? AntiFascist Aug 2012 #144
Wikileaks Owes Steve Jobs An Apology struggle4progress Aug 2012 #162
So are you saying everything that wiki leaks reported is a fraud? And this does not mean I think still_one Aug 2012 #151
I'll assume your reading comprehension skills are really better than that struggle4progress Aug 2012 #161
I am trying to make a point. There is a consorted effort, and maybe not on your part, or still_one Aug 2012 #163
wow. you're just a little one man army against wikileaks, aren't you? Matariki Aug 2012 #155
You don't wanna read my posts, then don't read em struggle4progress Aug 2012 #159
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