Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I was manipulated by the Russians, and we must assume everyone was. [View all]better
(884 posts)Let's try to set aside the defensive reactions. Add the implied word "targeted" to the end of OP's subject line, and reassess. Does it still merit the same defensive reaction? I mean honestly, the entire OP can be quite accurately summarized "How to avoid making the mistakes I made."
The OP's intent was clearly not to fault anyone, save him/herself, and honestly, we should be applauding such honest self-assessment. It was to remind us all to be vigilant and careful, as we are all subject to being targeted for manipulation, and we cannot afford to count on immediately recognizing that that's what's going on.
Also, let's take note that everyone being manipulated by the Russians does not equal everyone being manipulated SUCCESSFULLY.
But just because many of us saw through the manipulation does not mean that we were not manipulated. It just means we're already fairly well equipped to share the kind of knowledge of how to avoid being manipulated successfully that the OP is endeavoring here to share, for all our benefit.
Kudos to us for having been ahead of the curve, so to speak, but instead of thumping our chests about how much better we did than some others, how about we applaud what the OP is trying to do here, and support it?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden