Re:Pro-gun Russian bots flood Twitter after parkland shooting
by allemagne on Friday February 16, 2018 @10:56AM
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I really don't think potential motivations are very mysterious if the Russian state is actually doing this of their own accord.
Like you said, sowing political discord in general over hot-button issues is a benefit.
But if they're really trying to tip the scales in favor of the pro-gun lobby then that makes sense too. Riling up the pro-gun voters is a way of meddling in the 2018 elections with a pro-Republican/Trump bias that we already saw in 2016.
In addition, it's conceivable that Russia believes that more permissive gun laws will help destabilize America.
Like you said, sowing political discord in general over hot-button issues is a benefit.
But if they're really trying to tip the scales in favor of the pro-gun lobby then that makes sense too. Riling up the pro-gun voters is a way of meddling in the 2018 elections with a pro-Republican/Trump bias that we already saw in 2016.
In addition, it's conceivable that Russia believes that more permissive gun laws will help destabilize America.