One would think that the left would by and large know better in these matters. One saving grace here of course is that the left does not blindly support Assange and there are many critics of both him an Wikileaks that comes from the left.

However, the blinding support is sometimes overwhelming and any vocal critic will be met with a barrage of harassment on the internet organized by Wikileak, Glenn Greenwald and others. Quite simple I one cannot say “rape is rape” and then turn around and make Assange an exception.

In what might seem like a defense of Assange I will say that he is not really charged with anything and is primarily wanted for questioning by the Swedish authorities. Sweden has been both dragging their feet and there has been much diplomatic squabbling going on between them and the British authorities.