I thought he was like one of the most important whistleblowers of our time exposing war crimes and shit. Some of you don’t wanna see him live another day, why is that?

      • AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        525·
        2 years ago

        Wikileaks is accused of not releasing information that would be harmful to the reputation of Russia.

            • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
              28·
              2 years ago

              Because he didn’t release something (dunno what because that’s never been specified, but he should have pulled something out of his ass, I guess) about the other side, therefore his leaks regarding the DNC make him a Russian asset.

              Give your head a shake.

              • admiralteal@kbin.social
                211·
                2 years ago

                OP did something dishonest by making the title and body TOTALLY different, in my opinion.

                The title is why are people hating on him. Lots of good answers to that.

                The body then switches it to wanting him dead. I don’t think very many people want him dead. I think even the CIA/US Government want him alive and in jail rather than dead.

                edit: I also think you were implying that disliking him was the same as disliking the idea of whistleblowers generally or wikileaks specifically, though you seem to have walked that back. It definitely doesn’t, though the fact that wikileaks is cowed by dictators like Putin is definitely a red flag when compared to their stated mission.

          • BakerBagel@midwest.social
            32·
            2 years ago

            Imagine that I’m the star witness in a trial between my dad and my brother. During the case i share everything i have on my brother, including diaries from me youth, recipets and pictures of every activity we have dine together, and relevant correspondence, but refuse to share any information involving my dad, I’m cleary not a trustworthy source and my testimony will likely be thrown out.

      • TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        32·
        2 years ago

        Stop right there.

        The wiki leaks ama on reddit openly admitted to selectively releasing to their won agenda.