On: Julian Assange arrested in London

[rudiv]

Reading the rest of the comments, it's surprising that so many people seem to have reduced WikiLeaks & Assange to 'co-conspirators with the President'. They've been around before the 2016 election.

[nerflad → rudiv]

The majority of people I know don't remember or care what Chelsea Manning's leaks actually contained. Or that she exists.

[Loughla → nerflad]

Honestly, in flyover country, the only time folks talk about Chelsea Manning is as a thinly veiled attack on trans individuals. Nothing about what was leaked or that she even leaked anything important.

It's sad.

[fifnir → rudiv]

But on the biggest issue of american politics of the last 50 years, he has found himself (chosen?) on the wrong side of history

<edit> If you hear trump talk for two minutes and you don't immediately realize the danger and what he represents, you might be too cynical