Was your vote in the 2016 primary or GE influenced by Russian meddling?

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130. See, this is the problem.

There are a mix of people who support Bernie Sanders. Some are genuine and some are trolls. When you assume they are all trolls, you drive the genuine people away. Some trolls were indicted, yes. What does that have to do with my point? I never denied that there were trolls supporting Bernie. But the response that they provoked was also directed unfairly at genuine supporters. And maybe people need to look at that response and take some responsibility for its effects (which are continuing to this day).

The point isn't "Person X's supporters are meaner than Person Y's supporters". The point is that the Russians set up a psy-ops campaign to sow dissent and I think it's naive to think that the tone of the debate on DU wasn't affected by it or that the impact was only on one side.