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Julian Assange Trying To Raise Nearly $200k For a Statue of Himself

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-out-my-statue dept.

Rei writes Julian Assange, from his refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, has recently taken to Twitter to try to raise nearly $200,000 for a life-size bronze statue of himself. The statue would have him standing front and center between Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning (with Manning pictured as male); the art piece would be then shipped around the world on tour.

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  1. I'll donate some onions for the cause... by flowerp · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Christ, what an egomaniac.

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    1. Re:I'll donate some onions for the cause... by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I hope Snowden sends a note telling Assange to leave him the hell out of his egomaniacal delusions. God, how embarrassing it would be to be associated with that guy for all eternity - and literally as his "right hand man", of all things?

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    2. Re:I'll donate some onions for the cause... by brxndxn · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Holy shit what a fucking insightful opinion. Mod parent to 5! Nobody else thought this initially and had the bold cavalier mental fortitude to just fucking post it... without wondering if there's really any truth to this.

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  2. And men will ask why... by MSG · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Perhaps someone should introduce Julian to Marcus Porcius Cato.

  3. Re:class act by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I don't particularly see how Manning "perceives himself" has anything to do with this. The statue is about how we perceive Manning, and it's as the man who released important information about US corruption to the world, no matter how insane Manning may have gone since being illegally held in solitary.

    First, if the statues were to be about how we perceive the protagonists, the voting would probably have Assange cast as a horse's rear end.

    Second, the American Psychiatric Association now no longer labels transsexuals as having a "gender identity disorder". Only took them 40 years to give transsexuals the same consideration they gave the rest of the LGBT. Also, even if this were not the case, there's a difference between having a mental disorder and being insane. Or do you consider everyone with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as insane?

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