Assange outs gay men in Saudi Arabia, also personal info of rape/abuse victims

[Blue3]

Aye, and you should be proud.  You are one of very few lefties here (Patrick and Oakvale too) that didn't like him 4 years ago.

Neither did I, or a lot of us.

The rape accusations coming immediately after the cables leaked seemed suspicious, but overall I didn't think we even really learned anything from that first big leak. Just confirmation of what informed people knew for years.

[SATW]

What a shoooockeeer.

Assange has always been a massive HP.

[Badger]

Assange is a POS.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I thought outing people like Peter Thiel was ok? Which is it guys?

[dead0man]

Outing (living) people is always wrong, even if you don't like them politically (or other reasons).  Anybody that tells you otherwise is a special kind of asshole.

[Gustaf]

I thought outing people like Peter Thiel was ok? Which is it guys?

If you don't realize the difference between outing someone in the US and doing it in Saudi Arabia where they will literally be killed for it you're even more of an idiot than I thought. Get off your stupid talking point and have some empathy.

[Figueira]

Outing (living) people is always wrong, even if you don't like them politically (or other reasons).  Anybody that tells you otherwise is a special kind of asshole.

Especially if they live in Saudi Arabia.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I thought outing people like Peter Thiel was ok? Which is it guys?

If you don't realize the difference between outing someone in the US and doing it in Saudi Arabia where they will literally be killed for it you're even more of an idiot than I thought. Get off your stupid talking point and have some empathy.

Aren't gay men in Saudi Arabia complicit in their conditions for integrating themselves into a society that hates them? Like Peter Thiel does with the Republicans apparently?

[Beet]

I didn't see many Dems here defending Gawker for outing Thiel. Most were glad when the site met its demise. Outing Thiel was definitely wrong, regardless of his politics.

[dead0man]

Outing (living) people is always wrong, even if you don't like them politically (or other reasons).  Anybody that tells you otherwise is a special kind of asshole.

Especially if they live in Saudi Arabia.

Indeed, worse there since chances are you will be, you know, actually murdered by religious nut jobs.  But still really really bad in the west too even if there is little chance of being murdered.  Anybody that does it or promotes it (or celebrates it) is an asshole.  Period.

[SingingAnalyst]

Outing (living) people is always wrong, even if you don't like them politically (or other reasons).  Anybody that tells you otherwise is a special kind of asshole.

Especially if they live in Saudi Arabia.

Indeed, worse there since chances are you will be, you know, actually murdered by religious nut jobs.  But still really really bad in the west too even if there is little chance of being murdered.  Anybody that does it or promotes it (or celebrates it) is an asshole.  Period.

I agree 100%.

Julian Assange is a piece of work, to be sure-- and it now appears the bad outweighs the good. Other than wanting him to be safe from torture or abuse while in prison, I have lost pretty much all sympathy for him.

[Hammy]

As expected from a known sexual predator.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Outing (living) people is always wrong, even if you don't like them politically (or other reasons).  Anybody that tells you otherwise is a special kind of asshole.

Especially if they live in Saudi Arabia.

^^^

This, and it's unsurprising that a creep like Assange would go there.

ETA: I see that this thread is three years old. Why bump it?

[Frodo]

Outing (living) people is always wrong, even if you don't like them politically (or other reasons).  Anybody that tells you otherwise is a special kind of asshole.

Especially if they live in Saudi Arabia.

^^^

This, and it's unsurprising that a creep like Assange would go there.

ETA: I see that this thread is three years old. Why bump it?

Maybe to inform those of us who missed this years ago, like me.  I already despised Julian Assange to be sure for other reasons, but I wasn't aware of this monstrosity.   

[Omega21]

Hopefully the CIA is close to taking this guy out.  This has gone on long enough.

Shouldn't the CIA take out the people actually killing gay people?

Oh, yeah, I forgot they're allies.