Julian Assange hits back at death threats from #tolerantliberals, lashes out at MSM – Mintpress News (blog)

Using the hashtag #tolerantliberal, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been retweeting articles and posts from senior writers at organizations such as Politico and Mediaite who have made the case that he should be made the target of an extrajudicial killing.

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks listens at a press conference in London, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Assanges tweets included a compilation of videos showing US politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, as well as TV pundits, calling for him to behangedordroned.

In response, he attacked the mainstream media fortheir lack of standards.

Once the focus of hate from conservative media for releasing classified security information, Assange is now taking being ripped by their liberal counterparts for publishing leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee during last years US presidential election.

Commenting on Saturday, Assange could not resist attaching thejoketag to Clintons failed presidential campaign.

After retweeting a series of posts from Twitter users calling for him to be tortured and put to death, Assange concluded thatliberals aint liberal. Theyve fallen into bed with the worst elements of state hardpower & love censorship and death.

Stories published in our Hot Topics section are chosen based on the interest of our readers. They are republished from a number of sources, and are not produced by MintPress News. The views expressed in these articles are the authors own and do not necessarily reflect Mint Press News editorial policy.

The rest is here:
Julian Assange hits back at death threats from #tolerantliberals, lashes out at MSM - Mintpress News (blog)