Post ATO8ItvuHtkKrfILom by willallen@blacksun.social
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 (DIR) Post #ATO8ItvuHtkKrfILom by willallen@blacksun.social
       2023-03-07T23:43:16Z
       
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       All the Russian Bots are saying the same thing:  "It's not about drag.  It's about protecting kids from an adult activity."Okay.  Explain this to me like I'm not a social scientist.  Explain it to me like I'm in kindergarten.Exactly how is wearing a dress an adult activity?#transgender #progressive #fascism
       
 (DIR) Post #ATO8IukFGk0pNmqYHQ by BarrenPlanet@c.im
       2023-03-07T23:59:49Z
       
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       @willallen I'm perfectly prepared to accept that the Russian government, or indeed any other government, is running bot networks on social media to spread disinfo. But I'm also really bored of American liberals simply assuming, without a single shred of evidence, that any messaging they disagee with must be Russian and perhaps even directly funded by the Kremlin.You're implying that Russia, or at least some Russians, are running an anti-drag - and by extension possibly anti-trans - propaganda campaign in English, using bots on social media. Important news if true.So some proof would be welcome.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATO8oWoFnNogPnnQe0 by willallen@blacksun.social
       2023-03-08T00:05:31Z
       
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       @BarrenPlanet you could try Googling "Russian disinformation efforts on social media."I don't know how to help you follow the news.Beyond that, I don't know how to help you if your takeaway is that maybe I misattributed an absolutely poisonous message to one fascist regime as opposed to the one it supports.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATO9mzzuP7jIJb5Ano by BarrenPlanet@c.im
       2023-03-08T00:16:28Z
       
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       @willallen I've written extensively on propaganda and don't need to do your Google search. I already know about Russian propaganda. However, there's also huge networks of tens of thousands of MAGA bots - for which there is strong evidence - and Pentagon bots and British TERF bots and British MoD bots and Ukrainian bots and....name the country, it's all going on.You're essentially doing the conspiracy theorists' "Do YoUr OwN rEsEaRcH", here.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATOAEfjxJWaNb2ofB2 by willallen@blacksun.social
       2023-03-08T00:21:27Z
       
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       @BarrenPlanet then why are we talking?  You’ve decided who I am and decided what’s happening.  Sleep well in the knowledge that i am whatever you think I am, and I will sleep well knowing that you dodged my primary point, that it barely matters whether this is Russians or the regime they’re supporting originating the message.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATOAqsVgHhmmCnMDKK by BarrenPlanet@c.im
       2023-03-08T00:28:23Z
       
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       @willallen Sleep well having dodged all alternative possibilities, and having been unable to back up anything you said when asked.My bet is MAGA bots.