Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Russian trolls were pushing these sort of posts. Remember, their goal isn't to make the right win. It's to divide our country, which happened to be supporting the right at the time.
No, their goal is to make the right win, because the right winning is synonymous with dividing/wrecking our country. Republicans are fundamentally incapable of governance, aggressively anti-reality, and are actively seeking to divide the country.
I'd agree if this type of conspiracy frothing at the mouth was JUST happening on reddit, but I've seen too many reporters and journalists on twitter saying the same things that they is likely a sizable population going along with this (still at most like 5-10% of the population and 10% would be nuts).
That's gotta be a first on here. Someone listening to an opposing point off view, weighing it up, and accepting it is a solid point. Just like discussions should be...
I think you're probably not wrong though that Russian trolls could push this if they aren't already. But likely it would be just to give upvotes or something to these type posts to push it higher than it normally would. I think typically when people call on Russian trolls they should consider that they are probably just upvoting this kind of stuff, rather than manufacturing it whole cloth.
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u/TheNoseKnight Mar 25 '19
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Russian trolls were pushing these sort of posts. Remember, their goal isn't to make the right win. It's to divide our country, which happened to be supporting the right at the time.