“The figurehead of a hero to mask deep-seated inadequacies.”
The figurehead in question is Julian Assange. I feel a bit weary about writing on this particular man because I am one (of a small minority) member of the he’s-not-so-revolutionary-and-should-keep-his-trap-shut camp. Reading articles that hail him as a hero makes me roll my eyes; hearing that Time Magazine was considering making him person of the year, made last year’s Christmas Dinner make a quick return. Compromised diplomacy aside, I don’t really think he is that revolutionary and I believe there is a deeply disturbed man behind the mask.