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2. Anyone else remember when progressives were being labelled "Comrade"
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 03:38 PM
Dec 2016

for not being sufficiently anti-Russia? When being a progressive and going to Moscow landed you in front of Joe McCarthy? When the John Birch Society called anyone and everyone who didn't view Russia as a mortal threat as a traitor?

I think the Russian hacking needs to be fully investigated, that the results of that investigation need to be made public, and appropriate legal action taken if the findings so warrant.

I've seen DUers here called "comrade" and labelled with a homophobic term just because they question some of the proposals being made in response to the Russian hacking disclosures -- proposals such as declaring martial law, ordering Trump's arrest for treason, etc., or even going after electors for treason if they cast their votes for Trump.

I think we will be more successful in pulling together a bipartisan effort to investigate the Russian hacking (and it has to be bi-partisan to be effective) if we tone down the rhetoric and focus on demanding a full investigation first and legal action second.

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