So Why Is Wikileaks A Good Thing Again?

December 7, 2010 10:35 PM

So Why Is Wikileaks A Good Thing Again?
posted by mhjb (8 comments total)

Ain't clickin' that link but the answer is "because anything that forces government transparency is good" and nobody would disagree with that if we were talking about the Bush Administration instead of Obama's; and there won't be a whole lot of critics of Wikileaks in 2 years during the Thune/Romney Administration, either.
posted by hamida2242 at 10:40 PM on December 7, 2010

Ain't clickin' that link but the answer is "because anything that forces government transparency is good" and nobody would disagree with that if we were talking about the Bush Administration instead of Obama's; and there won't be a whole lot of critics of Wikileaks in 2 years during the Thune/Romney Administration, either.

I think you may be pleasantly surprised!
posted by codacorolla at 10:43 PM on December 7, 2010

I'm not sure I follow, codacorolla
posted by hamida2242 at 10:45 PM on December 7, 2010

Ain't clickin' that link but the answer is "because anything that forces government transparency is good" and nobody would disagree with that if we were talking about the Bush Administration instead of Obama's; and there won't be a whole lot of critics of Wikileaks in 2 years during the Thune/Romney Administration, either.

This comment should be hung up in the MeFi Hall of Fame, RTFA wing.
posted by auto-correct at 10:47 PM on December 7, 2010 [2 favorites]

For Christ's sake. The site is a clone of What the fuck has Obama done so far but with stuff taken from Wikileaks. Since this is a place where we are terrified to click on the links now, apparently.
posted by furiousthought at 10:49 PM on December 7, 2010

Metafilter: ain't clickin' that link.
posted by biochemist at 10:49 PM on December 7, 2010 [3 favorites]

Another fucking Wikileaks thread? Oh, and hey, the first four or so either don't really amount to much — YAY, they published the opt-in emails of a neo-nazi list; hey, I'd forgotten they were the ones that published that bunch of climate emails that were widely misrepresented as support for climate denialists — or they misrepresent the significance of the leaks.

I'm fucking sick of the cheerleading for Wikileaks and the glib, dismissive tone of this single-serving website is antithetical to a rational discussion of transparency, privacy, censorship or good governance. They do good and bad, and it seems like all the volume has gone up on the assholes who can only repeat the same talking points over and over again on either side, and only have sarcasm and misrepresentation to meet those they disagree with.
posted by klangklangston at 10:50 PM on December 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

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Three hours later I had several replies by someone I do not know but who has a blossoming career in the bareback porn industry. They called me all sorts of names for not supporting our troops and blah blah blah. A link to this shut him up.

And that is how I bareback, yo.
posted by munchingzombie at 10:51 PM on December 7, 2010