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Sun Aug 19, 2012, 12:21 AM

178. For example: accusing the Swedish women in this case of being extreme feminists or CIA agents.

Or accusing their lawyer of being a crackpot. Or accusing Sweden's justice system of being a false front for the US State Department

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210 replies	Author	Time	Post
Assange turned out to be a coward [View all]	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	OP
Are You Paid By The Word, The Post, Or The Opinion ???	WillyT	Aug 2012	#1
ooh willy, +100000000000	xiamiam	Aug 2012	#12
However... but he is being paid.	HooptieWagon	Aug 2012	#21
Now, now, it's against DU rules to accuse other DUers of astroturfing...	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#25
Bwahaahaa! Darlin'...you have done won my heart forever.	Zorra	Aug 2012	#44
Bring A Nickel, Tap Yo Feet...	WillyT	Aug 2012	#91
Love this! n/t	Tess49	Aug 2012	#181
Gotta go with you on that one.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#110
+ whatever is the most plus possible.	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2012	#119
lol	Matariki	Aug 2012	#135
Dude has averaged 22 posts a day for 8.5 years.	Nostradammit	Aug 2012	#201
Yeh, keep ignoring the possibility of his being sent to America.	HERVEPA	Aug 2012	#2
65,000+ posts?????	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#3
You aren't interested in what the Swedes are saying in response to all the accusations	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#29
I remember when the vast majority of U.S. citizens believed that Al Gore invented the internet.	Luminous Animal	Aug 2012	#48
The point of view doesn't seem very rightwing to me: the author doesn't believe Assange	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#51
It's more than "the author doesn't like Assange."	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#101
Eeek! It's an attempt at persuasion! hand-wringing	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#116
Very good, you identified the intent	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#118
+1	progressoid	Aug 2012	#209
Read the comments if you want to know what the Swedish people think I just did:	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#60
Thank you! For some reason, Google Translate wouldn't translate the comments for me. n/t	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#71
I found a good site. Some of them don't translate very well or not at all.	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#73
The following Swedish-English dictionary was recommended to me	eridani	Aug 2012	#106
I keep wondering	creeksneakers2	Aug 2012	#78
They can't. There are no requests from the US for extradition, yet.	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#80
People are unaware the OP is a QUOTE, I guess	Warpy	Aug 2012	#79
You have to have done something extremely right to get that many high-level bastards against you.	Fire Walk With Me	Aug 2012	#107
It is Swedish equivalent	tama	Aug 2012	#128
Assange is a Hero.	Vox Moi	Aug 2012	#4
A hero to some....	PragmaticLiberal	Aug 2012	#49
He's done a tremendous amount of good for the world at incredible personal cost.	20score	Aug 2012	#162
He who fights and runs away...etc n/t	LadyHawkAZ	Aug 2012	#5
Lives to fight another day!	mazzarro	Aug 2012	#108
Laughable Sweden's the coward, too cowardly to stand up to the US and issue a non extradition treaty	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#6
How do you "issue a non-extradition treaty"?	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#62
All Sweden has to do is say they won't allow Assange to be extradited to the U.S.	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#140
And why should Sweden defy international law and piss off the US for...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#143
If Sweden was following its old precedents	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#145
Assange is threatened with the death penalty now? And the prosecution is...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#148
There's that grand-jury investigation in the U.S.	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#149
And when was that last used? Even Manning wasn't seriously threatened...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#153
Ira Einhorn. The prosecutor finally took death off the table, and the guy ran it up the flagpole	MADem	Aug 2012	#180
That's him. He did bounce around for 20 years before...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#182
He used the old "Say it forcefully enough, and people will believe you" schtick.	MADem	Aug 2012	#183
Is it defying international law when they refuse to extradite capital cases?	EOTE	Aug 2012	#197
Not true-- as long as there are no capital charges they are still...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#199
Please cite this law.	EOTE	Aug 2012	#203
I'll cite nothing-- I'm not a lawyer. But, this is not a law, it's...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#204
So you're pulling this out of your ass?	EOTE	Aug 2012	#205
Who's pulling what out of an ass? Not you, of course...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2012	#206
I am not a fan of Assange but these attacks on him are becoming comical.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#7
I know - they're beyond absurd! n/t	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#36
we get that you despise him--is this latest screed for the newbies?	niyad	Aug 2012	#8
It's Swedish opinion. We know what Ecuador and the UK think. Let's hear from Sweden	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#11
Let's hear from the women who claim they were NOT raped	MNBrewer	Aug 2012	#19
I give you the one and only interview they did....which weirdly enough is hard to find translated	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#31
Ooo, great link! You won't mind it I quote from it, I'm sure:	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#35
Go nuts. I'm only interested in the women from the Assange case	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#37
I'm using your link, which indicates it's one of the women involved who is quoted there	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#38
Yes, who states it wasn't rape. "Voluntary relations" is pretty explicit nt	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#41
So maybe Assange will be back out of the hands of the Swedish police soon after surrendering to them	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#52
The situation at least one woman described is clearly rape by Swedish law.	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#113
Assange denies these allegations.	girl gone mad	Aug 2012	#172
Let him deny them in Sweden, where the allegations were made, and where he is wanted	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#190
Sure he will, Sweden just has to give him an assurance they won't extradite him to the US. Simple nt	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#192
Funny that she didn't say anything like that when she invited him to stay with her	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#173
This message was self-deleted by its author	LadyHawkAZ	Aug 2012	#103
"The other woman wanted to report rape. I gave my testimony to support her story"	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#198
This post was hidden by jury decision.	HooptieWagon	Aug 2012	#30
Self-delete	leveymg	Aug 2012	#45
Damn. I may just have to guzzle down some mead and set sail for England	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#57
"I would say go to hell, but you probably would not want to?" Do I have that translation right?	MADem	Aug 2012	#184
A bit more earthy than that. I apologize.	leveymg	Aug 2012	#185
It is Swedish opinion	tama	Aug 2012	#129
Whatever your thing is with Julian Assange is just down right creepy. What is	Guy Whitey Corngood	Aug 2012	#9
This message was self-deleted by its author	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#28
Yeah..	sendero	Aug 2012	#10
i pray they never get their hands on him..he deserves the right to do what he does	xiamiam	Aug 2012	#22
Do you ask those questions of DUers with far more posts?	former9thward	Aug 2012	#68
Most DUers with far more posts	laundry_queen	Aug 2012	#77
I don't get it either, I have been here over eight years, but lack the HUGE spam count	Dragonfli	Aug 2012	#85
I see people knocking posters for having just a few posts.	former9thward	Aug 2012	#195
I can multitask. nt	laundry_queen	Aug 2012	#202
I got many of those posts serving as a DU2 moderator: sometimes as moderator I'd have 200 posts/day	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#87
And the rest you got by spammng	Le Taz Hot	Aug 2012	#167
I think we know who the real coward is. And a non-thinker as well.	russspeakeasy	Aug 2012	#13
What a strange post.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#14
This poster has been all over DU trying to tear this man down and	Cleita	Aug 2012	#18
He's been waging an amazingly persistent campaign. The posts keep coming!	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#54
I asked him and he hasn't answered. n/t	Cleita	Aug 2012	#55
You really have it in for him.	Cleita	Aug 2012	#15
Who cares if Assange is courageous?	Cicada	Aug 2012	#16
Please show me on this doll where Julian Assange touched you	Electric Monk	Aug 2012	#17
Oh. My. Gawd!! Best laugh I've had all day	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#23
!	graywarrior	Aug 2012	#27
Genuinely LOL!	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#33
This is a very deserving post. I'm waiting for an answer.	Auntie Bush	Aug 2012	#39
heh.	SammyWinstonJack	Aug 2012	#109
Ahahahahahahaha	Canuckistanian	Aug 2012	#160
Heeheehee!	Luminous Animal	Aug 2012	#20
This message was self-deleted by its author	lordsummerisle	Aug 2012	#24
Another article from the Swedish FOX News...	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#26
If you read Swedish (and I do)	Demeter	Aug 2012	#32
All I've been getting is the Google Translate version of the article.	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#34
Given the unkind stereotypes of Sweden circulated here by Assange supporters, I thought it fair	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#117
Stereotypes, or facts?	Demeter	Aug 2012	#125
I suppose some people might regard it as a clarion call for fascism, if one wrote an article saying	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#130
Not a good job then	tama	Aug 2012	#131
A view often suggested here at DU is that the Swedish courts are merely prostitutes	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#141
Well	tama	Aug 2012	#147
seems the article only serves to reinforce those opinions..	frylock	Aug 2012	#154
Contrary does not mean correct.	progressoid	Aug 2012	#210
Now you have just become obnoxious and irritating	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#40
It's more fun to harangue him!	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#42
as you wish	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#63
Smear campaign FAIL. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Aug 2012	#43
want to bet his flight would end up In Washington DC, NOT sweden lol nt	msongs	Aug 2012	#46
If by "coward" they mean a smart chess player, then I agree. It's a fraudulent case.	Gregorian	Aug 2012	#47
Retreating in the face of overwhelming force isn't cowardice, it's good strategy.	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#53
Clear?	tama	Aug 2012	#134
DU rec...	SidDithers	Aug 2012	#50
..	Cha	Aug 2012	#67
A welcome confirmation, as always, that I am on the right side of the issue. nt	Bonobo	Aug 2012	#89
Why are you so overtly obsessed with Assange? It's bordering on surreal.	Owl	Aug 2012	#56
No shit, Owl. The OP is almost as obsessed with attacking him	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#61
I do wonder why the OP is so determined? n/t	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#64
Hero or not, Assange is unlikely to get a fair trial	bhikkhu	Aug 2012	#58
The people afraid of the truth Assange has exposed are cowards... nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Aug 2012	#59
LEAVE JULIAN ALONE!!!!	cherokeeprogressive	Aug 2012	#65
..	Cha	Aug 2012	#70
Well in the opinions of a large segment of the World's population, he is.	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#75
It sure was thoughtful of Wikileaks to help the Belarusian government identify its opponents:	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#124
Some of those articles are highly biased,	ronnie624	Aug 2012	#138
If Wikileaks were running a little private intelligence service on the side, selling information	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#142
Making those accusations is one thing,	ronnie624	Aug 2012	#146
I gave you a link to a thread with multiple links in it, tending to support that ugly possibility	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#156
I don't think 'progressive' means what you think it does. n/t	ronnie624	Aug 2012	#105
Heh!	Capt. Obvious	Aug 2012	#123
Oh yes, the Swedes, the ones who rolled over for the Nazis.	Matilda	Aug 2012	#66
Sweden managed to maintain it's neutrality during both world wars and during the cold war	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#76
You Need To Get Out More, Sir	The Magistrate	Aug 2012	#102
the 1% called	Incitatus	Aug 2012	#69
I'd speculate as to how they're expressing their gratitude...	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#72
That's okay.	Incitatus	Aug 2012	#74
Without people to do the work for them	Hydra	Aug 2012	#81
For some reason I was reminded of this:	Incitatus	Aug 2012	#82
Pathetic. I hope they don't pay you much.	Marr	Aug 2012	#83
Fellow DU citizen, I must remind you that accusing people of being paid shills is a no-no.	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#86
I have to agree.	Bonobo	Aug 2012	#88
Exactly. It would be terrible form to hurl such insults, even when they're well-deserved.	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#92
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Pharaoh	Aug 2012	#115
my understanding is that changed with DU3.	uncle ray	Aug 2012	#93
LOL. 'Drown our voices out?'	RZM	Aug 2012	#94
Some people, who fancy themselves free-thinkers, cannot stand dissent	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#97
Dissent or not, it's bizarre faux-persecution	RZM	Aug 2012	#99
What if it is true? We should just shut up?	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2012	#120
According to the rules...	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#126
If you don't like the opinion, you can complain to the Swedish newspaper that published it	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#90
Just to let you know: You give away your bias so badly...	Bonobo	Aug 2012	#95
It's thoughtful of you to say so, I suppose, but I'm not hiding my views	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#96
Less a question of "views", more a question of "state of mind". nt	Bonobo	Aug 2012	#98
it's not a "swedish" view, it's a "right-wing swedish" view. it's aftonbladt.	HiPointDem	Aug 2012	#114
Aftonbladet is one of the older newspapers in Sweden. The history of the newspaper	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#133
i know it belongs to a 'labor group'. i'm judging it on its behavior -- tabloid sensationalism,	HiPointDem	Aug 2012	#139
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Incitatus	Aug 2012	#84
I wish I could unrec. nt.	polly7	Aug 2012	#100
The US National Defense Authorization Act is not a conspiracy theory.	cyclezealot	Aug 2012	#104
I wouldn't be surprised if they sent a drone after Assange.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#112
Walking into a U.S. trap would be stupidity.	cali	Aug 2012	#111
Should there be a Romney Attorney General Next year..	cyclezealot	Aug 2012	#121
K&R	OneTenthofOnePercent	Aug 2012	#122
He's nuts	treestar	Aug 2012	#127
And your qualifications to make this diagnosis are?	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#132
Common sense	treestar	Aug 2012	#158
LOL	tama	Aug 2012	#166
What charges?	Le Taz Hot	Aug 2012	#168
You don't get out much in the real world do you.	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#171
Asking the US authorities to "bring it on"	Canuckistanian	Aug 2012	#163
Look what happens when very powerful people are exposed	KansDem	Aug 2012	#136
FAIL for transparency of intent	Matariki	Aug 2012	#137
Fail.	Alduin	Aug 2012	#144
Assange offered to be questioned by Swedish authorities in the UK	yurbud	Aug 2012	#150
So what? Assange is wanted for a Swedish criminal process, at a stage that the UK courts have agreed	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#155
if you can't win on the issues, turn to petty gossip and personal attacks	yurbud	Aug 2012	#151
For example: accusing the Swedish women in this case of being extreme feminists or CIA agents.	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#178
so...Great Britain suddenly got religion on sex crimes and decided questioning suspects	yurbud	Aug 2012	#207
Perhaps I missed a point here or there....	djean111	Aug 2012	#152
Disagree. Unrec.	Taverner	Aug 2012	#157
Are you serious?	Canuckistanian	Aug 2012	#159
Wow! I wasn't a fan of unrec's. But in this case... This post is deserving of one.	20score	Aug 2012	#161
"Santa Assange's country house Christmas" has sad photos showing how Julian has suffered	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#179
I think that it is wonderful that kind and compassionate well to do folks,	Zorra	Aug 2012	#193
Doesn't Julian's suffering just bring tears to your eyes?	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#194
Wow. That's like, really, really, sad.	Zorra	Aug 2012	#196
Yep. You won't see him w/o his shirt...the yellow stripe shows. nt	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#164
The Yellow Stripe?	HangOnKids	Aug 2012	#200
Another Swedish opinion	tama	Aug 2012	#165
That ends any possibility of you receiving further attention from me. I hope others also drop you.	sibelian	Aug 2012	#169
Since many here jump up and down, accusing the Swedish prosecutors of prostituting	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#174
Assange is indeed a coward	Zorro	Aug 2012	#170
^^^This is NOT me!^^^ I am Zorra. With an "A" on the end. The female counterpart of the	Zorra	Aug 2012	#191
No. Assange is a hero, standing up to Big Brother, War Inc.	Octafish	Aug 2012	#175
I agree.	Overseas	Aug 2012	#187
Again?	brush	Aug 2012	#176
Quelle horreur! An anti-Assange article from a Swedish paper! I fear I may swoon!	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#177
This message was self-deleted by its author	TroglodyteScholar	Aug 2012	#186
silly	H2O Man	Aug 2012	#188
To fear extradition to a country that has tossed out habeas corpus is not cowardly. It's sensible.	Overseas	Aug 2012	#189
He'd be extradited to the US and sent to GITMO or worse if he went to Sweden. Assange is no fool.	Erose999	Aug 2012	#208

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