How Putin Controls the Internet and Popular Opinion in Russia
rysiek
rysiek at hackerspace.pl
Thu Sep 17 16:04:15 PDT 2015
Dnia czwartek, 17 września 2015 13:05:49 James A. Donald pisze:
> The fact that Russia is being subverted by the USA, that the USA is
> attempting to overthrow the Russian government, does make that
> government's efforts to defend itself and its people against foreign
> influence OK.
See, I was juuuuust about to start arguing with you, but then...
> McCarthy was right to defend the US against Soviet influence, and Putin
> is right to defend Russia against US influence.
...this happened. Are you saying Putin's crackdown on "foreign agents"[1] is
as reasonable, well-funded and justified as mccarthyism was? Well, can't argue
with that!
I guess I'll call Poe's Law[2] and call it a day.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_foreign_agent_law
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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Pozdrawiam,
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak
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