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Swedish human rights activist Anna Ardin is glad Julian Assange is free.

But the claims she has made about him suggest she would have every reason not to wish him well.

Ardin is fiercely proud of Assange's work for WikiLeaks, and insists that it should never have landed him behind bars.

“We have the right to know about the wars that are fought in our name,” she says.

Speaking to Ardin over Zoom in Stockholm, it quickly becomes clear that she has no problem keeping what she sees as the two Assanges apart in her head - the visionary activist and the man who she says does not treat women well.

She is at pains to describe him neither as a hero nor a monster, but a complicated man.

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (43 children)

What about the 3rd man, who espouses his organization isn't an arbiter of information, and yet, repeatedly prevented Russian leaks from being published? 🤔

And with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where is wikileaks now?

Cozy Bear really appreciated having such a loyal publisher, I imagine.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (34 children)

This, to me, is less important than the fact that this woman is publicly talking about how someone can do a bad thing but still be a public good, something not talked about enough in a world where when someone does something bad, it makes people ignore everything else they're doing.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (31 children)

I have struggled with this a lot in recent years. For example, I grew up with Ender's Game as my favorite book. Orson Scott Card is a racist/misogynistic/etc POS, and it has tainted my view of his books. People are experiencing this with J. K. Rowling right now.

I like to think I can keep the artist separate from their art, but it's hard.

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

I had the same experience with Arthur C. Clarke.

He moved to Sri Lanka to dodge all the accusations of pedophilia. It was all hushed up. As was the custom at the time.

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