You see this everywhere now. People get to act like they're being reasonable compromising middle ground moderates by opening up with a personal swipe against Assange and then following up with a vague statement of support for what wikileaks does.

Brilliant observation, I wish I could give you +10. People are afraid of supporting Mr. Assange or Wikileaks directly, even if they feel like they should, The scare machine is working.

Well, he has got loads of people to persecute him for a rape he probably didn't commit, isn't this what popularity whores do all the time for a little bit of fun. Righttttt?