I'm curious if anyone agrees with Assange's point about the silly emphasis on Terrorism, Iran, and carefully chosen groups of 3rd world people who can be rescued, but disagrees with his larger points about the book and Google.
My guess would be that most of those criticizing Assange in this thread support US policy on terrorism, Israel, Wikileaks, illegal spying, drones, etc. Most Americans (in both major parties) support government policies on these issues, and so HN readership is unlikely to differ much.
Most Americans are indifferent and/or oblivious to most government foreign policy. Yes, 9/11 was a big deal in this country, and so most Americans support a "war" on terrorism.
But the rest of it is totally off the typical American's radar. I'd venture that a majority of Americans couldn't find Israel on an unlabelled world map. Nor could they articulate US policy for/against Israel.
Same with Wikileaks, illegal spying, drones, etc. A majority of Americans don't know anything about those, nor do they support (or oppose) government policies on those issues.
I think that HN readership is atypical of "most Americans". IMO.
My guess would be that most of those criticizing Assange in this thread support US policy on terrorism, Israel, Wikileaks, illegal spying, drones, etc. Most Americans (in both major parties) support government policies on these issues, and so HN readership is unlikely to differ much.