Quote (PlasmaSnake101 @ Jan 19 2021 12:32am)
I think it was on Tucker tonight, heard while driving home from work, that there's plenty of selective punishment in leaks. People who leaked throughout the Trump administration have been seen as conscious driven heroes while anyone who leaks information damaging to the establishment powers is heavily punished.
The media will publish any "leak" that damages Trump. People still think he said WWI troops were "losers" based off one nonsensical article reliant on one anonymous source, heavily contested by over 20 people who actually would name themselves. The inherent disloyalty of any leaker makes me naturally dislike them.
Snowden actually leaked information that revealed wrongdoing committed by the government. The kind of leaks that benefit the nation. The bulk of Trump "leaks" have just been unveiled swipes to tarnish his image. And since the media is hand in hand with the DNC, shit gets tons of play. Every segment on CNN should have a disclaimer like the rest of the trash that plays during election season. CNN, CBS and NBC are just Super PACs playing political ads 24/7. Truly, there is no enemy as sinister as the lying press and with God's help one day a brave man or group will shut their lying mouths for good.
There's not selective punishment... people who get caught get punished(see: Reality Winner). There's selective outrage perhaps.... leaks that reveal Trump's misbehavior are praised by the left and condemned by the right... although the left-of-center reaction to Snowden and Assange(pre-Russiagate) was mixed. Many(probably most) people on the left praised their actions.
Much of the reporting from that Atlantic article was corroborated by other journalists... even Fox News. Ah, so you like leaks when it's national security secrets but despise them when it reveals Trump's character.
Any good faith observer who follows the best news organizations knows that the vast majority of reporting on Trump and his administration is accurate. People with MDS(Media Derangement Syndrome) can't acknowledge that, but it's 100% true.
The only reason Trump would pardon Snowden is because it would piss people off. He doesn't value transparency. He's not opposed to our security services spying on people. And for Assange, it's basically the same thing. Trump advocated killing the families of terrorists during the campaign... he pardons war criminals. He doesn't care if the US massacred a van of civilians. Assange helped him in the election so it's payback to pardon him. If you applaud the pardons for these guys, at least acknowledge the reality that Trump's motivations are not laudable in any sense.
This post was edited by IceMage on Jan 19 2021 10:33am