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(Note: I did not bother including links to examples of "persecuting women, people of color, and LGBT people" since that is basically the GOP platform.)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,831 posts)Even the most brain-washed repub could understand.
Thank you!
littlemissmartypants
(22,871 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)Yup.
IronLionZion
(45,667 posts)Yes!
AllaN01Bear
(18,832 posts)calimary
(81,608 posts)summer_in_TX
(2,772 posts)Therefore powerful and dangerous. Unfortunately.
AllaN01Bear
(18,832 posts)democrank
(11,115 posts)Thank you EarlG, thank you very much.
underpants
(183,046 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,574 posts)dchill
(38,626 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,680 posts)Thank you!
sop
(10,302 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,034 posts)KS Toronado
(17,471 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,284 posts)and is clearly illustrative of the problem we have.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)But no! They work for the Russian-version of the CIA (called FSB now) and they are highly-trained specialized spies. They carry out Putin's direct orders to mess up our internets, our telecommunications, and our national-news media in any devious way possible.
We need to protect ourselves and find ways to block this interference. Maybe it means shutting down Xwitter, or Falsebook, or any other platform that refuses to comply with our safety standards? I don't know, but this has to stop.
TeamProg
(6,363 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,513 posts)Dividing the left and causing chaos in the Democratic Party.
LiberalFighter
(51,389 posts)dmr
(28,364 posts)if you're a Patriot ... a true Patriot, then you cannot support and vote Republican.
Can you?
dmr
(28,364 posts)You've done a lot of great ones, but this one screams out Republican danger!
Joinfortmill
(14,521 posts)SunSeeker
(51,814 posts)orangecrush
(19,666 posts)It's almost as if they're the same thing...
PatrickforB
(14,605 posts)This would make a good ad for any Democrat.
Initech
(100,150 posts)William Seger
(10,793 posts)"If you think Putin wants to Make America Great Again, you're a fucking idiot."
Evolve Dammit
(16,818 posts)TomWilm
(1,832 posts)They are stirring uproar about anything controversial to get hits, since it is also a business model based on advertising revenue. This is now a big industry in countries like North Macedonia, the Philippines and Romania. And also in Russia, since not all of them are working solely for the Russia government:
- Disinformation has no need for consistency and zero commitment to objective reality; claims are frequently contradictory, arguing both sides of the coin in exaggerated and divisive ways. This Russian firehose model of propaganda is high-output, contradictory and multichannel. The stream encourages us to sleepwalk into apathy, distrustful of everything.
- The trolls deployed a wide range of political rhetoric, ranging from tweets supporting the Black Lives Matter movement to spreading conspiracy theories and hoaxes.
- Russian Trolls Are Still Playing Both Sides.
- The Surprising Nuance Behind the Russian Troll Strategy.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,968 posts)mahina
(17,772 posts)I couldn't download it so screenshotted it and am broadcasting widely with requests to share.
Nailed it.
Aloha.
gordianot
(15,259 posts)You can pin this on the derangement of one man and his millions of willing followers in the Party of Trump. What comes next even if he loses will be worse.