Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by ifyoubuildit on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @12:11PM
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Does reading taibbi or thinking the snowden revelations were a good thing make someone a MAGA person? Is Taibbi running Russian disinformation campaigns?
I don't fault you for your position one bit, but this stuff seems a little conspiratorial to me. And what Peterson are you talking about?
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by caskstrength on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:53PM
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> Does reading taibbi or thinking the snowden revelations were a good thing make someone a MAGA person?
I never said that. In fact I consider Snowden's revelations a good thing and I'm not a "MAGA person".
> Is Taibbi running Russian disinformation campaigns?
Never said that either.
> I don't fault you for your position one bit, but this stuff seems a little conspiratorial to me.
Yes, that would indeed sound a little conspiratorial.
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by bjourne on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:15PM
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So let me get this straight. Since you are Ukrainian, Chomsky, Snowden, Greenwald, and others are threatening you by expressing views on the Ukraine war that diverge from the mainstream? Doesn't that sound awfully similar to George W Bush who claimed that everyone who isn't with us (the US) in the "war on terror" is against us?
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by caskstrength on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:33PM
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You asked how I'm _threatened_ by those people trying to shape the narrative and I explained. Not sure what does whataboutims about George Bush have to do with it.
Recent Russian disinformation campaigns seem to be concentrated on eroding public support for Ukraine in western countries through various means and they had some success among the whole Greenwald-Taibbi-Snowden-Peterson crowd specifically and MAGA-people in general. Losing US support would put Ukraine in dire straits since I'm not sure EU/UK can provide all necessary equipment and ammunition by themselves.