WikiLeaks to U.S. Politicians & Media: “Stop Inciting Assange’s Murder”

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The Wikileakes Twitter Account has just posted a press release calling for American politicians and media personalities to stop advocating the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Along with this release comes a handy website, PeopleOKWithMurderingAsange.com, that gives startling quotations along with the name of the speaker. Each quotation is followed by a link showing the greater context of the often violent and disturbing words.

The site shows a new name and quotation every time you refresh the page; so far, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and many others, including government and military figures, radio hosts, newspaper columnists and TV news reporters, are featured on the site.

Calling for the murder, execution or assassination of Assange has become a popular piece of rhetoric among right-wing American conservatives since the organization began its distribution of a large body of U.S. diplomatic cables.