Divisive News Screws Over The Community - [PEACE]

[Karl]

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-russia-disinformation/exclusive-russian-operation-masqueraded-as-right-wing-news-site-to-target-u-s-voters-sources-idUSKBN26M5OP

A senior U.S. security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorised to speak to the press, said Russian
operatives were increasingly recruiting “unwitting Americans” to write
articles and post online.

<snip>

One of the writers, who asked not to be named publicly, said they had been
working for NAEBC for the last month with no knowledge of its Russian
backing.

Emails seen by Reuters show the website operated much like its left-wing
counterpart, Peace Data. Writers were paid from $50 to $75 per an article,
and money was sent promptly via online transfer.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 9:44 PM Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:

> Kurt Schlicter on the war path, oh it's on muh gritty muffaduckas :D
>
>
>    It’s Time for Us Conservatives to Riot
>
> https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/09/28/its-time-for-us-conservatives-to-riot-n2577020
>
>       ...
>       It’s a lie. They have nothing real. They have no combat power, no
> tactical control of anything besides a few square blocks, and they only
> have that because the cops are held back by liberal city leaders. They have
> no more than the power we give them by fearing them and reacting to them.
>
>       So, civilians kicking their sissy tails is a meaningless exercise.
> For us, a riotous riot gets us nothing. Plus, we own the stuff that would
> get burned down. That means a traditional riotous riot is a dumb strategy
> for us, a counterproductive move that would play into the left’s
> nearly-nonexistent strengths while exposing our weaknesses.
>
>       Instead, we should riot our way. That is, attack the enemy in a
> manner the enemy can neither limit nor control and both cause real damage
> to its forces while demonstrating, as part of our own information
> operation, that we are in control.
>
>       There are two components to our riot. The first is a riot at the
> ballot box. We need to ruthlessly eliminate all opposing candidates of
> either party. That means mobilizing to turn out votes and to vote
> viciously. Your nice city councilman who is kind and gentle and sort of
> squishy? He cut the ribbon at the petting zoo and send you emails about a
> library book drive? Yeah, he needs to go in favor of the bomb-thrower who
> wants to buy the cops a new armored personnel carrier. No Democrats, not
> ever. No soft Republicans, not ever. Only harsh conservatives who loudly
> live the dogma. Elect conservawoke candidates who understand the threat,
> and who savor the opportunity to use their political power to harm the left
> in every way they can.
>       ...
>
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