My Julian Assange story is that we got him to walk back support for Gamergate by threatening to cancel his book launch party, and then after the party he walked back his walk back. I have never forgotten the flexibility of his convictions outside the public eye.
This is why "free Assange" is an immediate, massive red flag. The number of "leftists" who have bought into his bullshit as he actively works for fascists is incredibly depressing.
I think the "Horseshoe" theory of politics is wrong, that it's an outright circle, where the far end is "Our Government(s) Are The Epitome Of Evil", and people freely wrap around the back end from left to right around this common basis. And any monster who opposes the west becomes a hero.
