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0 pointssquarefoot1y ago0 comments

> JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE

No, he is not. Nobody can go through what he has been forced to suffer in all those years without lasting consequences that can't be undone: years of his life have been taken away, his health has been damaged, his family has been hit as well. He may be free to roam around, but he's not the same person anymore. I don't see any happy ending here, especially if there are no consequences for the psychopaths dressed as patriots who forced him into that ordeal.

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okasaki1y ago

Yeah, I was once harassed by cops for five minutes and I still think about it sometimes. I can't imagine what Assange has been through.

ikekkdcjkfke1y ago

I had an appiffanny recently and it goes like this; Everything that happens is an aggregate of what happened before it, it was unavoidable, however that doesn't stop one from trying to change the composition and try to alter the next aggregates

RunSet1y ago

> I had an appiffanny recently

You might want to trademark it.

moffkalast1y ago

Yeah, 5 years in a 2x3m cell with total social isolation? People almost went mad locking down 2 months during covid an they had internet. I doubt he'll ever be the same, or even a functioning person again.

joenot4431y ago

John McCain spent a little over 5 years being tortured in solitary confinement in a Vietnamese POW camp and later became Arizona senator. Exceptional people are capable of a lot, I'm sure Assange hasn't lost his spirit yet.

Aerbil3131y ago

Doesn't change the fact solitary confinement is torture and he underwent it.

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olalonde1y ago

Why was he put in isolation? Seems harsh, especially given that he is not a violent criminal.

stef251y ago

He did poke a rather large stick at a rather large bear.

nailer1y ago

So did Woodward and bernstein but they were imprisoned for five years.

nailer1y ago

Weren't. Sorry, I'm using voice dictation and it makes errors like this.

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