This is literally my first time engaging in an Internet flame war. It&#x27;s kind of fun.<p>To address your comment, Mr. Hominem, I never called Assange&#x27;s motives into question. I&#x27;m providing a valuable service of an alternative perspective. The fact that I instigated a flame war is evidence of the hacker news echo chamber. I suspect once my comment crosses into -1 territory my opinions will be disregarded by the same people who would consider them when my comment was at the top of the discussion.<p>Propaganda is alive and well on hacker news. Luckily so is free speech, the right I assume you hold most dearly. If you want to avoid hypocrisy, it would be best to approach discussion with an open mind rather than a vindictive agenda.<p>I have no agenda, except that I like to keep my writing sharp and piss some people off in the process.