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

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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

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[naotmaa]

[lightframes]

LOL I need to watch this show

[blackjedii]

r u putin me on

[blackjedii]

i mean i def get the scare tactics of using Russia as a boogeyman the same way we used to use the Muslins and the Soviets so not at all surprised really

[roseembolism]

Learn to use a LJ-cut BEFORE posting your huge articles. I thought that was a basic requirement for posting here- on on LiveJournal in general.

As for the article? Meh. It really needed an editor willing to use a delete key like a hedge-trimmer. I certainly hope they weren't paying by the word. I suppose the basic idea is that if they enough word salad out there, nobody will notice the basic dodgy logical argument underlying the piece.

[roseembolism]

I thought it was too obvious to mention that "A is superficially similar to B, therefore it is B, and let's ignore any evidence about A" is crap logic.

Seriously, this is at the level of "The TRUTH about Area 51" level of diatribe. If this is the best the pro-Trump people can do, they really need to pick up their game.

[checkerdandy]

Gotta get that war criminal endorsement!

[lone_concertina]

I am fucking livid over this. I've been stewing over it since it showed up in my feed this morning and I'm about to boil over with rage.

[rhysande]

I am disgusted by this. Don't need and don't want.

[yamair]

It's worrying tbh. Is this what we can expect from Clinton's term? Red scare? A backlash against Bernie's efforts to reclaim American socialism.

And the world does not need conflict between the US and Russia. Tbh, I'd take Trump's stance over Hillary's.

[blackjedii]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/democrats-putin-dilemma-226446

The scaremongering wrt Russia this election is even more damaging bc Obama and Kerry are trying harrd to work with Russia in Syria. Diplomacy is a tapdance indeed.

[yamamanama]

Why should we protect Bashar and Asma from ISIS when they gave us ISIS in the first place?

[blackjedii]

idk man I am not a diplomat.

But I suspect it's more simply a "okay the horse is out of the barn and the barn is burning but at least let's not let it torch the whole damn farm" kind of deal

come to think of it though why would you put the horse in a barn and not the stable