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[–] anonnynonny 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Ehh.. Yes, there were valid concerns, but it was taken way too far.
Analogous to our current situation - Yes, terrorism is a real concern, but using that to justify going buck-wild on constitutional rights isn't acceptable.
[–] Shekelstein6M 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Terrorism can't destroy the US, marxism already has. There's the difference.
[–] Somali 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
IMO the Russians are behind this in a completely different way. They're not trying to buy influence or shit like that, but trying to tank Russophobia as a brand (up until now it has been the single most profitable brand for neocons and the military industrial complex, scaremonger with muh Russians and you can get anything approved). So they leak a few drops of blood in the water to get the sharks like Graham and McCain to go crazy and accuse everyone of being Russian plants and working for Putin but don't actually do anything that exposes them even remotely. Then the witch hunt falls apart because of how full of retarded and full of double standards it is (meeting with Russian ambassador like everyone has always done is now super bad, but only for some people, etc), and because it's the most nationalist and patriotic Americans who are accused of being Russian plants the accusations are dead on arrival and just make the accusers looks like rambling warmongering retards to the general public. As a result "the Russians hacked me" is the new "my dog ate my homework" and Russia has been memed as a quirky harmless conservative values country that's used by unlikable snarky cunts to shit on everyone. People are openly questioning why they shouldn't be allied with to go after ISIS, why we don't cooperate with them, etc. As a result Russophobia as a brand is pretty much going the way of WMDs (once also a super potent scare tactic/massive neocon brand), and scaremongering via the Russians soon won't mean anything to the general public.
[–] looking4truth ago
So they have time to investigate this bullshit but not John Molesta? Wow priorities
[–] kneo24 [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I saw this topic on Reddit and it's amazing the amount of hypocrisy that is going on over there. Every day they yell that the President is attacking the 1st Amendment for having an opinion about the state of MSM. Yet somehow, this is on the up and up. That investigating other media sources on dubious grounds is not an attack on the 1st Amendment.
Breitbart is a bit of a stretch, but let's just suppose I give them that one. Where the fuck do they get the idea that Alex Jones of all people has any connections to Russia or spews their propaganda? I am not a fan of Alex Jones at all, but I can safely say this guy has never given the appearance of being cozy with the Russians.
This is a definitive attack on the media.
[–] toobaditworks 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They are making up stories and twisting reality. Russians listen to Alex Jones. In fact people in other countries like the UK listen to Alex Jones. People all over the world listen to Alex Jones. They are taking this fact and twisting into "Alex Jones has ties to Russia". It's a bs story. Alex has gone on RT before so I'm sure they will say OMG he was on RT so he's a Russian! It's just a bunch of bs.
Why aren't they saying Larry King has ties with Russia... He has his show on RT.
This is pure and simple media intimidation. They are attacking the free press. A violation of the first amendment.
[–] WhoFramedReaderRabit 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Maybe they should investigate CNN and NBC for there connections with Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, paying them to coverup negative stories about them.
[–] ScreaminMime 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm fine with this... so long as they investigate the Clinton campaign as well.
[–] LostandFound 1 point 9 points 10 points (+10|-1) ago
So the whole story is in summary, another country allegedly paid news outlets to push distorted news stories. Remind me again who owns the majority stake the New York Times? Carlos Slim the Mexican. The Mexicans sure had a lot to loose with a Trump win and the NYT were not afraid to show it.
Wheres our investigation into Mexican interference? They probably hacked their way in using toothpicks, wait breaking news they pissed on the toothpicks
[–] Shekelstein6M 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago
Fixed that for you
[–] Boris ago
I was going to point out the loose lose thing but okay.