furthermore, from a strategic standpoint, if Russia's sole effort to sack a national security advisor is Twitter, that's nothing to fear.
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Replying to @hannahgais
the unquestioning attitude that accompanies these reports is odd. aside from Twitter data, what's the evidence the Kremlin is doing this?
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Replying to @hannahgais
we don't even totally know the relationship between Russian intel orgs, "fake news" outlets, and so-called "troll farms"
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the assumption that Vladimir Putin is an extremely accomplished puppet-master and controls all of this is hilariously misguided, honestly
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Also, the attribution for a bunch of activity the far right has engaged in for decades to Putin is seriously problematic.
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Replying to @emptywheel
it's bizarre, too, to see ppl jump from "Russia's strategy is to extend a hand to friendly far-right groups" to "Russia controls them all"
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Replying to @hannahgais
It's so wrong-headed both for how it oversells Putin and for the way it excuses the racist right here.
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Replying to @emptywheel
totally. the connections are extremely interesting—and scary!—but more care needs to be taken in how they're framed.
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Replying to @hannahgais
And FAR more care needs to be taken in how The Gizmo's snazzy results get reported. Unbelievably sloppy reporting, followed by sloppy RTing.
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it's amazing—sort of like watching PropOrNot all over again but with bigger names endorsing it.
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And less transparency, all in the name of "protecting Democracy."
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exactly. I'm all for trusting (certain) experts on a lot of these matters, but that trust comes with transparency of methods.
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