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The Warszawa posted:Wait, how does this work? The dude's rich, white and famous and thus can expect to get away with a lot of poo poo, leading to a huge sense of entitlement?
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The Warszawa posted:I just don't see how Assange fits, as (as far as I know) he was neither rich nor famous when he committed the act in question, though I may be mistaken as to either of those points, and even insofar as he was famous, he wasn't famous in the "elite circle that escapes the scrutiny of law" way. The accusations against him came after the whole Colleteral Murder brouhaha and the release of the Afghanistan War logs, so Assange definitely was internationally famous at that point. On closer reflection he probably wasn't rich, though.
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Feb 3, 2015 18:54
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The Warszawa posted:Right, but that's not really the kind of fame we're talking about, is it? If anything, that's the kind of fame that comes from antagonizing the "inclub of elites." Eh, I'd say that fame is fame when it comes to getting away with bad poo poo. For example, a random joe schmoe would probably not have gotten away with rape by way of getting political asylum at an embassy.
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Feb 3, 2015 19:01
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tsa posted:You are right, it's a classic over-application of the model which you will often find ideologues doing. Male + White beeep booop equals privileged- it's the lefts particular brand of anti-intellectualism and identity politics. I know because there's been quite a lot of research on the subject of whether skin color matters in the judicial system (and the court of public opinion, for that matter), and the results are pretty unambiguous. The rest of your post is just you being kinda dense on purpose. But I suppose that this is where you retreat into anti-intellectualism because reality doesn't conform to your biases.
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