If your response is in reply to my flippant comment from 2 days ago, I have to push back. You’ve put a lot of words in my mouth. I do not criticize “everything” liberals do. This account kept posting the same video with no explanation - and not in an attempt to “stop[] fascism.” Further, this
I never put words in your mouth. What I said is true. "Everything liberals do seems to be met with a litany of criticism--even things w a good chance of stopping fascism." I wasn't talking about you as an individual & never said U criticize everything libs do.
To the extent you inserted “seems to be met” into the sentence then yes, I suppose it could “seem” that “everything” is met with a litany of criticism. That’s not how it “seems” to me, though. I believe we should criticize when - only when - it’s necessary. Disinformation is something to criticize.
True. Have those ppl in that group been spreading disinformation? I criticize Dems a lot too--for poor messaging, for not getting liberals to buy/create more media so liberals are not drowned out by the majority of media ownership which is Right Wing etc.
Did you get blocked by the disinformation expert too?
wasn’t solely an issue of not “publicly disclosing their funding sources.” It’s an issue of credibility, transparency, and accountability.
Well, time will tell if they're credible & accountable. Personally I want to give them a chance.
Unclear who the “they” is you’re referencing at this point. I assume you mean the content creators exposed in the original article (not the non-American). Personally, I’ve questioned - literally - the credibility of some of the creators for months now. The Wired article was simply confirmation.
We each evaluate credibility of influencers on our own. This is a daunting task. Even Blue Sky has plenty of liberal imitating MAGA trolls, paid to help MAGA by discouraging ppl from voting Dem--supposedly bc Dems don't 100% agree with the particular issue of the group they pretend 2B a part of.
Yes, I agree with you. At the sake of repetition, what I’ve noticed is the proliferation of “non-American” trolls (for lack of a better term — I’ve mostly interacted w accounts bearing flags of Canada/Scotland/Australia/Ireland). I thought it was random at first. But to your point, they have one
purpose and follow a similar script. They usually pop up in the sillier posts - memes/funny pictures of Trump, yelling at Americans that we don’t care enough about [insert right here]. I say all that to say - I understand the trolling aspect, and that was the reason I commented “classic outsider.”
Those are present. Although most foreign trolls claim to be American.
As to content creators mentioned in the Wired article - yes, unfortunately, I’ve been following / correcting their misinformation since at least… February? (here and on Substack). I won’t write it all out via “skeet” but if you look, you’ll find others have done the same. So, that’s my issue w them.
Please refer me to one of your articles or one by others that cites misinformation spread by Chorus. Thanks.
The reason I ask: I am constantly told by ppl on this site that I am spreading disinfo if I disagree w e.g. the idea that T is the savior of the working class. Most ppl seem to think everything they believe bc they've heard it 1000 times is true & that everything that wd contradict it is false.
Apologies, my failure to respond was not due to lack of interest. I haven’t looked at your posts, but that wasn’t my impression (FWIW). Ppl here tell me I’m bot. I think we prob. agree more than we disagree. You appear to be an expert on disinfo, so I’d defer to you on the subject (I’m here to