I can’t wait for Democrats to accuse one of their own of being a Russian asset.

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I can’t wait for Democrats to accuse one of their own of being a Russian asset.

Why would they?

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Because their strategy for responding to any criticism of Harris, Biden, or the Democrats is to accuse the critic of being a Russian asset.

I imagine right now they’re debating about whether they can credibly accuse of Rashida Tlaib of being a Russian asset without it backfiring on them.

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I haven’t seen that response unless someone has credible connections to Russia, like Trump or Stein.

Also, her complaints are 100% valid.

Ironically you’re the one dismissing criticism of people supporting Russian interests in a completely unrelated post.

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OP is also pushing the assumption: “Everyone is either 100% paid by Putin directly, or 100% totally fine.” This is a bad assumption. It’s totally fine to say “I, an internet poster, have no idea as to how many handshakes away from Putin this person is. They could be paid, or paid by a surrogate, or ten degrees of that, or they could have been fooled into sincerely believing RT talking points. However, their behavior and statements are useful idiot behavior and useful idiot statements, and I’m judging them appropriately.”

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I haven’t seen that response unless someone has credible connections to Russia, like Trump or Stein.

I’ve seen people on Lemmy suggest that the Pope is a Russian asset.

https://lemmy.world/comment/12053409

Also, I’ve been called a Russian asset plenty of times, and I’m even banned from some subs for supposedly being a Russian asset, and I have no connections to Russia at all. I’ve never been to Russia, I have no family from Russia, and I don’t speak Russian.

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