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Just Like Hitler, Trump Is Trying To Gag The Free Press
The Obama administration reportedly rejected the option of a criminal charge against Assange under the Espionage Act, in recognition of the danger to press freedom. Mr Trump and Attorney General William Barr have now crossed that Rubicon.
This also comes at a particularly precarious time for journalists around the world. Reporters are being arrested and killed in increasing numbers. Some countries like China and Russia have even taken up the Trump trope of "fake news" to crack down on the press. Most vividly, Saudi Arabia's crown prince is accused of ordering the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - yet has suffered few consequences from the Trump administration.
I agree that Trump is wrong to do this. I'm curious though, what happened to the establishment narrative that Assange is a Russian agent?
Assange was a man with a whistleblowing website and a massive grudge against Hillary Clinton. I am not aware of any "establishment narrative" that Assange is a Russian agent, or indeed who you are even referring to by "the establishment", if not the Trump Administration. Who exactly claimed Assange was a Russian agent?
However, the danger did not begin with President Trump. The Obama administration used this law to conduct surveillance on mainstream journalists, including a well-regarded Fox News reporter.
No, he's not. The press is free to make up news all day long and into the night as well. He will do nothing but point that out. That is not gagging, it's freedom of speech he's exercising.
That is not gagging, it's freedom of speech he's exercising.
You brain dead fucking anus licker, he is trying to put people in jail for speaking out against him. That is not an exercise in free speech, but an attack against the speech of others. You are a worthless fucking rodent, you are the real life version of Wormtail from Harry Potter, you are a ball licking cuck who is willing to distort reality to defend your lord and saviour Trump.
I think Assange spoke out more against Hilldebeaste than Trump, you turd blossom. But, I know reality and you aren't fast friends and seldom cross paths with each other.
You strike me as the type of guy who would break into the library for the blind, hammer the braille flat and then rearrange the furniture for good measure. You are a wart on societies ass that needs to be excised.
You strike me as the type of guy who would break into the library for the blind, hammer the braille flat and then rearrange the furniture for good measure. You are a wart on societies ass that needs to be excised.
You strike me as the type of guy who wants to shut down all libraries because they are public institutions rather than private ones.
Most vividly, Saudi Arabia's crown prince is accused of ordering the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - yet has suffered few consequences from the Trump administration.
Trump isn't the leader of Saudi Arabia. It wouldn't make sense for him to give them consequences.
Trump isn't the leader of Saudi Arabia. It wouldn't make sense for him to give them consequences.
Trump and the US government in general is in bed with one of the most vile regimes on earth and all you have is sniveling excuses because you're a cock gobbling crack whore.
Trump isn't in bed with Iran or Pakistan. The left is.
Fuck off you retarded boot licking moron. The US government is in bed with Saudi Arabia and there are no real leftists who are in bed with right wing dictatorships.
That's strange. The left lifted sanctions off of Iran.
And the right supports countless dictators, what of it? Why is removing sanctions the same as being "in bed" with them and which supposed left winger lifted them?
The USSR allied with the Nazis, who you say are right wing, to invade Poland.
Capitalists around the world praised Hitler for his policies. Hitler hated Marxism more than any other ideology.
Not very convincing seeing that some of those leaders held power during left wing US Presidencies.
There has never been a left wing president, the US system is inherently right wing and even still, the fact that SOME held power while a "left wing" president was in power doesn't negate the fact that your beautiful country of freedom supports fascism.
The fact that your beautiful country of freedom supports fascism.
Fascism was created by Giovanni Gentile, a far left Communist, and America is more ethnically diverse than any country on Earth, whether left or right wing.
Fascism was created by Giovanni Gentile, a far left Communist.
You are an intellectually dishonest shit-stain. Giovanni studied Marxism, but no where does it say he was a communist. Fascists often study Marxism, and come to the conclusion that communism/socialism itself is not viable, and so they keep the part where the state seizes the means of production and throw out what comes next, often using socialist rhetoric to gain the support of the working class then doing the EXACT FUCKING OPPOSITE of giving the means of production to the people.
Also, he was philosophically opposed to Marx, he was a neo-Hegalian idealist whereas Marx was a materialist
So how did the Muslims get the Islamic territory in the Middle East and North Africa that they control today?
How did America get involved with these countries in the first place? Because it demanded they conform to the petrodollar scheme and slapped them with sanctions for not complying. Now robots like you believe the manure you are fed when the government tells you it was all the big bad terrorist's fault.
Which wouldn't be the modern Democratic Party.
Joe Biden seems to be their primary 2020 candidate, would you say he's more of a socialist or a corporate shill who supports the status quo?
This also comes at a particularly precarious time for journalists around the world. Reporters are being arrested and killed in increasing numbers. Some countries like China and Russia
The Trump administration has now crossed the line that many counselled it to avoid - and may have triggered the most important press freedom case in the US in 300 years.
Past US Presidents put journalists in prison for dissent.
