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Not Kim Dotcom :(

I'm confused why people hold him in any esteem. Is it just because he's a maverick? Cause you can find better ones. It's like when people mourned John McAfee like he was some great martyr; there are better rebels to attach your affection to.

People rally for individuals being targeted. If governments or shills don't want normal people to rally for individuals like KDC/Assange/Snowden/Winner/Manning then don't go after them.

Hope that clears up your confusion.

He was a cowboy and a bit of a crook, but he’s in prison because he made enemies of powerful people not because he hurt society with his actions. His enemies have themselves committed many crimes but they will never see the inside of a cell.

there are countless people in prison who arguably didn't hurt society with their actions (drug crimes for example), did Kim do anything particularly good for society to warrant being held in higher esteem than them?

I have to say, that as a fellow human being, I probably WOULD piss on him if he was on fire.

But then I'd probably piss on him if he wasn't on fire too.

I remember when he used to live in Auckland (he lives in Queenstown now in some mansion) he could not parallel park to save his life. Used to see his car alot around my old office.

Would be fine if we had a discreet car, but he had a big Black G-Wagon with the number plate DOTCOM. Seems like he doesn't own the plate anymore: https://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?oplate=DOTCOM&plate=D0TC0M

I know you shouldn't throw people in jail even in part because of bad opinions... but Jesus Christ, listen to him talk about Putin, Russia and NATO, and try to be the impartial hand of justice.

Kim Dotcom is not a fan of the West? Who could've expected that...

I’m not a fan of the west and I can still hate Putin and the CCP.

Kim just peddles propaganda now.

Yeah you can be skeptical of the west without jumping straight into the deep end of Russian/Chinese imperialism apologia.

Maybe that is just him negociating a last minute exit door to Russia Carlos Ghosn style in case nz justice system is about to extradite him

It certainly doesn't excuse it, but it's hardly surprising. I'm not sure how principled I could be if I'd been through the same ordeal. But hey, two wrongs don't make a right.

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