Democrats’ Tactic of Accusing Critics of Kremlin Allegiance Has Long, Ugly History in U.S.

Aug 08, 2016 16:05


A frequent weapon for Democrats in the 2016 election is to publicly malign those they regard as critics and adversaries as Russia sympathizers, Putin stooges, or outright agents of the Kremlin. To put it mildly, this is not a new tactic in U.S. political discourse, and it’s worth placing it in historical context. That’s particularly true given how ( Read more... )

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prehnite August 9 2016, 03:05:50 UTC
Learn to use a LJ-cut BEFORE posting your huge articles.

An LJ cut like the one that's after the second paragraph and that's been there all along?


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ohmiya_sg August 9 2016, 03:58:17 UTC
It was rude of them, but your post is two pages long for me, outside of the cut.

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prehnite August 9 2016, 04:54:52 UTC
It's probably the embedded tweets taking up room. I'll try to cut the last one down.

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ohmiya_sg August 9 2016, 04:55:48 UTC
Thanks!

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