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Julian Assange released from prison and has left UK, WikiLeaks says (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 months ago by Mountaineer@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The US get to show just how tough they are on whistleblowers and their associates.
Assange gets to go home.

If I was him, I'd keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

"If I was him, I'd keep my head down and try to get to know my kids."

Wouldn't that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won?

I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the threats worked and the corrupt won.

Now he gets to see his kids.
I'd choose that too.
You can call it cowardice, I'd call it pragmatism.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

I'm not calling anyone a coward.

I'm just less sure it's the end of anything.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

He plead guilty. The US has successfully convicted a foreign publisher under its Espionage Act. Assange, WikiLeaks and everyone on their side in this decades long struggle has ultimately lost.