On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Steve Kinney <[1]admin@pilobilus.net>
   wrote:

     On 09/19/2016 08:46 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
     > Some good points being raised, on sl1shd()t no less:
     >
     > [2]https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/09/18/2023216/
     assange-agrees-to-us-p
     rison-if-obama-pardons-chelsea-manning
     >
     >
     >
     > What is a traitor?
     It is a label indicating a prejudicial, emotional value judgment.
     Bob
     Wilson would probably have said it is a synonym for "a no good
     shit."
     > When is it appropriate to label someone a traitor?
     When you want idiots to endorse your intention of kidnapping,
     torturing and/or murdering someone for political reasons.
     > When is doing so, an attempt at manipulative propaganda?
     Every time, as in every other case where a categorically derogatory
     label is branded onto someone.
     Extreme ignorance apparently excuses anything:  I have seen people
     call Australian national Julian Assange a "traitor" because
     Wikileaks
     published DNC and HRC e-mail dumps.

   I completely agree with Steve on this.
   Morally, in my view, one can never be a traitor to the State, because
   to betray the State, you have to have entered into some agreement with
   the State voluntarily, i.e. not under duress. The State is force and
   violence incarnate, therefore no truly voluntary agreement with it can
   exist. If anything, it is those who act as an instrument of the State
   who are traitors against the people they dominate. Which means Trump
   and Clinton are vying for the position of Head Traitor.

References

   1. mailto:admin@pilobilus.net
   2. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/09/18/2023216/assange-agrees-to-us-prison-if-obama-pardons-chelsea-manning