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In reply to the discussion: Fellow Hillary supporters - PLEASE don't adopt the behaviors you criticized [View all]Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)You are of the opinion that russians did not spread stories detrimental to Hillary Clinton at all? Or just that they never spread them among liberals?
You use the same defense that many in this administration use. Your position is that all of the "allegations" on Rachel Maddow are to be ignored because Trump hasn't gone to court yet? Is that the upshot of your deep belief? That neither you nor any "pure" liberal could possibly be a dupe or victim of false social media propaganda spread by russia or the rw.
Then we are condemned to lose the next election also.
From a story in the New Yorker:
In the weeks after WikiLeaks released the D.N.C. e-mails, John Mattes, a Bernie Sanders organizer who ran a Facebook page for supporters in San Diego, noticed a surge of new adherents with false profiles. One Oliver Mitov had almost no friends or photographs but belonged to sixteen pro-Sanders groups. On September 25th, Mitov posted to several pro-Sanders pages: new leak: Here Is Who Ordered Hillary To Leave The 4 Men In Benghazi!USAPoliticsNow. It was a baseless story alleging that Clinton had received millions of dollars from Saudi royals. Mattes said, The fake news depressed and discouraged some percentage of Bernie voters. When I realized it, I said, We are being played.