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> Do you have anything concrete to back that up?

No evidence is needed, as it's not a concrete claim. In modern US political parlance, the term "Russian asset" is a spooky-sounding but otherwise meaningless term. It's a cheap-but-effective rhetorical trick for discrediting someone.

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I like the idea that someone can't just say a thing on HN that has no known basis and make it a justification for their argument. Instead, here, any counter claim that Assange is decent, or was guided by good intentions, attracts instant downvotes without any counter argument or reflection whatsoever, but the notion that he's some deep state operative is perfectly reasonable.

I agree though with the implication that he isn't an American patriot. Clearly he's Australian/Swedish

There's a massive anti-Assange PR campaign everywhere on the internet and even people on HN are susceptible to it. I mean the guy didn't scoop his cat's litter box, what an awful man

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