These fake protests are another huge part. They bring together the coalition of most-gullible AND most convinced-they-are-right - Anti-vaxxers, gun-nuts, libertarian extremists and religious true believers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/19/pro-gun-activists-using-facebook-groups-push-anti-quarantine-protests/ …
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It's the energized-gullible (Anti-vaxxers, gun-nuts, libertarian extremists and religious true believers) that allow Trumpists to convert on-line disinfo into on-the-steps-of-the-capital real live humans. They make great TV - insane, mispelled signs, heavy weapons, and US flags
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These people are, in some ways, victims as well -- they've been targeted with disinfo to the point that truth sounds crazy. Everyone has the chance to find truth, though, so that empathy only goes so far.
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Michigan has long been a target - in part because it is the home of the DeVos/Prince clan, and in part because of strategic importance.
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The Flint, MI disaster would be fixed long ago if powerful forces weren't against it. It's great for pitting blacks against whites; urban versus rural; and for making government look bad - all goals for Trumpists. Good business/PR for Nestle, toohttps://www.nestle-watersna.com/en/communities/your-community/michigan/helping-michigan-during-covid19?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy6T1BRDXARIsAIqCTXqSdFB0_gnkq13of7z6KBJZTj7niwyIm3XP8pPTjHmWQcyskOE94fQaAvMREALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds …
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Ferguson - what could be better pro-Trump theatre than putting street battles and blacks versus whites on the nightly news. And we know from the Mueller prosecution that Russia was boosting both Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/11/ferguson-protests-police-protesters-clash …
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And of course, Trumpists used the events to send in faux-radical operatives to find out who in Ferguson was actually working for the good; gain their trust and destroy their networks.https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37507542 …
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Behind the scenes, Trumpists are pumping money and effort into inflaming real, excitable people toward radicalism and violence. They know who on social media is a cop; they know who is an activist; who is persuadable.
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COVID is merely a convenient excuse. If it wasn't COVID, they'd be trying to gin up another Ferguson or destroy another Flint.
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Stand firm, dear Michigan. Starting November, we fix this.
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Man, I forgot the story that started me thinking about Michigan and led to this thread. Yea Ol' Michigan Confederate Senator himself.https://nypost.com/2020/04/26/michigan-state-senator-dale-zorn-apologizes-for-confederate-flag-mask/ …
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