• Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Oh this is one of my favorite lib narratives. Pointing out when the US does a bad thing is ENEMY PROPAGANDA. See also: pointing out when the ENEMY does a good thing is ENEMY PROPAGANDA.

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      1 year ago

      Didn’t this also happen in the UK when long-corbyn got hold of Conservative plans to sell out the NHS to US insurance firms

      IIRC the conversation ended up just being about how the document was leaked by rUsSiAn HaCkErS and discussing its contents would be playing into Putin’s hands or something

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        Same with Hillary’s emails. People like to use “but her emails” as some thought terminator as if her emails never actually mattered. They did. For one they showed media cooperation with the Democratic party.