The Empire Slowly Suffocates Assange Like It Slowly Suffocates All Its Enemies by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2024-03-27T01:43:32Z Helping Israel starve Gaza while slowly pretending to work toward solutions. Drawing out a proxy war in Ukraine for as long as possible to bleed Russia. Slowly killing Assange in prison without trial under the pretense of judicial proceedings. Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics Comment by Devamitta So the evil empire will be able to slowly kill Assange in spirit and ultimately in form, but not quickly. It will do it slowly. The tragedy of language is that it can be used to destroy the meaning inherent in lanugage itself in order to cover criminality under a blanket of justice and respectability. I have come to despise my government. Years ago when I was less aware of the machinations of US empire, I would never have thought it could so blithely and so easily attack free speech and those who use it, especially targeting journalists for reporting the truth. How naive I was as to how it all works--and for whom it works. In the manipulation of language one sees in the many tweets or pseudo press conferences from US government officials, it has reached such depravity it now blatantly tries to cover its crime of genocide behind a language of cynical obfuscation that doesn't even try to fool. It does it with a smile on its face. It does it with complete disdain for its audience. 2024-03-27T14:59:06Z
