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Ghostwriter Reveals the Secret Life of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
An anonymous reader writes "From the Telegraph, 'He is vain, secretive, paranoid and jealous, prone to leering at young women and making frequent sexist jokes – and that's not the view of one of his many enemies, but of a friend ... A damning picture of Julian Assange ... has emerged in a detailed account by his ghostwriter. Assange behaves ... like an egotistical tyrant interested more in his own self-publicity than in changing the world. Worse still, he turns on his friends with increasing regularity ... Assange describes the Ecuadorean ambassador offering him diplomatic asylum as 'mad', 'fat' and 'ludicrous'. Even Assange's girlfriend, WikiLeaks researcher Sarah Harrison, grew increasingly frustrated at his behaviour. 'He openly chats girls up and has his hands on their a**e and goes nuts if I even talk to another guy,' she says. O'Hagan, who had hoped to find an anti-authoritarian rebel figure worthy of admiration, says he comes to regard Assange as someone who sacrificed the moral high-ground by attempting to evade trial over the rape charges.' — The Scotsman adds, 'Canongate director Jamie Byng yesterday hailed O'Hagan's account of the "impossibility of trying to ghost Assange's memoirs". He tweeted: "Andy O'Hagan's compelling, ring side account of Being (& being around) Julian Assange is smart, accurate and fair."'"
Cue the rape-apologists
Pretty much this.
Personally, I don't really care too much about him. I care about Wikileaks.
So he is what? Vain, ok. Who cares? Secretive and paranoid. Hmm... I'd guess you get that way if you run something like Wikileaks. Prone to leering at young women. Hmm. Would you feel better if he was leering at young guys? Why the fuck should I care what he likes to fuck, for all I care he could fuck his lunch before he eats it.
It feels a bit like back with Clinton. Nobody cares about what he does, but he fucked someone he shouldn't. Why the fuck is that relevant?
Oh, and I make sexist jokes too. Here's one: What does it mean when the wife is in the living room? That the chain that's supposed to keep her in the kitchen is too long.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.