"On the occasions when I have tried to defend Assange in such circles, it was as if I'd tried to speak up for Jimmy sodding Savile.

Totally effective toxification: Assange's achievement and mistreatment vanish entirely, and all that remains is a triggering name to be used as a pawn in the sex war."

-Its exactly the same as they did to Alex Salmond: another enemy of the state.

Even now when you point out he was found entirely innocent by a jury consisting of a majority of women, it's not good enough. It just means the citizens are too stupid to judge and we should get rid of juries.

Even when they feel liberaly obliged to actually recognise the jury verdict, they resort to the notion that he non the less behaved "inappropriately"...which as far as I understand it is wokespeak for the non-criminal crime of being heterosexual.