Yes, because after all, that is the slogan carved in stone at the top of the building where the Supreme Court holds court!!!!

"Prove it, you scumbag!!!!"

We called him a rapist, therefore you should hate him and be tying nooses already!

I've never seen anything like this on DU before. It's refreshing to finally see this point of view here.

Also, welcome to DU.

Just skip the thread.

It's interesting how soon supporters cannot want to put their hands over their ears and go alalalalala - no, not everything agrees that Julian is above the law.

I usually let them sink but your meme cracked me up..and had to compliment it.

lol

I should have thought Assange's own comments, upon his last landing in the UK from Sweden, or the crap his holocaust-denying friend "Israel Shamir" published in Counterpunch, would have discouraged anyone with wit from turning down that avenue

But no! In recent days, we have seen more of the same from MoP George Galloway, former ambassador Craig Murray, and Ecuador's macho President Correa

Your post suggests that idiotic misogyny is the groovy thing in some circles

Whatever.

Helpful Hint: inserting trigger words like "Misogyny" into your post does not automatically make your post correct. In fact, if you lack an argument, it makes you look silly.

so it is natural to suspect some misogyny

Whatever.

I don't think you're a young woman. You ARE obsessive. And you are falsely applying a trigger word to try to discredit a woman- wonder if there's a word for that...

But you knew that.

Assange is not afraid to face trial in Sweden, he just wants assurance from the government that he would not get extradited to the US. The right-wing talking point is that it is only the Swedish courts who can decide this, not government officials, but this talking point turns out to be a lie that people will believe if it gets repeated enough.

Glenn Greenwald has statements from Swedish legal experts who argue this point:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/24/new-statesman-error-assange-swedish-extradition

Greenwald writes

it's about Sweden providing assurance that he will not get extradited. If he's not likely to get extradited anyway, what's the harm? If Sweden were interested in diplomacy (and less interested in cooperating with Bush cronies) then they might consider this.

for diplomatic reasons, why is it so difficult for Sweden to provide assurance that he won't get extradited to the US? Everything I'm hearing sounds like its virtually impossible anyway, so why not provide these assurances? It would get Ecuador to release Assange and he would then face questioning in Sweden, which is what they want!?????

Ecuador will release Assange if Sweden can provide such assurance, whether or not extradition to the US is likely to happen is besides the point. Extradition to Sweden WILL HAPPEN if this assurance can be made.

Ecuador will turn Assange over to Sweden if they agree to return him to UK after trial and any punishment in Sweden. Sweden has the right under their law to agree to that. Why won't Sweden agree? Because they want to send Assange to the US so he can be persecuted for revealing the truth about US war crimes.

No one could be as oblivious to a counterproductive strategy as you appear to be, your every posts drives more DUers toward revulsion of your ostensible position.

Brilliant really, an amazingly effective long term strategy. You actually had me fooled for quite a while.

Don't know what the Swedish Burden of Proof is. Maybe it's even harder than ours for all we know.

When did Sweden become a closer ally of the US than the UK is?

it's giving me the creeps.

Give. It. Up. Already.

Endlessly repetitive, terribly annoying.