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he hasn't been convicted of anything, but has been locked away for a decade. that's long enough
He wasn't convicted because he fled and hid out in an embassy. Then he burned his bridges there by being an obnoxious piece of shit and they handed him over to the British. Everything bad that's happened to Assange is his own fault. If anything he got off easy, never faced any consequences for the 3 women he raped.
you are victim blaming. he is a journalist persecuted for his journalism.
He's a rapist who fled justice like a coward. I dont really give a shit what happens to him now. I'll save my sympathy for Snowden and Manning, who never raped anyone.
>He’s a rapist who fled justice like a coward.
no, he isn't.
A serial rapist is still a rapist
right. and he isn't.
Then what's your story for how three different women with no connection to each other all ended filing police reports accusing him of rape? Also, who flees charges they're not guilty of?
i don't need one.
Well, I believe the women, and I believe someone who did not rape 3 people would want to exonerate himself rather than hide out in the equadorian embassy for years. Assange is a piece of shit and I'd gladly sacrifice a few paintings to know he died in prison. It's better than a rapist deserves.
i presume innocence.
locking people in cages is wrong
Rape is worse
i don't think there needs to be any kind of scale. both are bad.
There's kind of a a scale. Those women didn't do anything to deserve being raped. Assange, on the other hand, raped 3 people.