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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThese videos, Covington High and others, are going viral due to RUSSIAN BOTS
I am trying to find the story, link, but that is what I am hearing and it makes perfect sense.
Divide, distract, etc.
I say ignore it all and focus on TWO things ONLY, removing the NAZI TRAITORS from power and that includes Pence and McConnell, not just individual 1 and electing a patriot, which at this point is pretty easy, almost anyone with a D after their name qualifies.
It has taken me a long time to get to this because racism is so prevalent and important, but we are being manipulated and I see it clearly now.
edit: The story is an alleged Brazilian school teacher retweeted the video, but that account is a russian bot and has been suspended, is my understanding. What is important here is not which account originally tweeted this and their motive, the obvious important point is this is NOW being used to distract us and russia is the one doing that along with their employees in the GOP.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Covington is distraction from the shutdown. The shutdown is a distraction from the Russia investigation.
This is a distraction from a distraction from the only meaningful news item.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)their homes.
Sure, MAGA hat wearers love to watch hard working Americans suffer, but us REAL patriots dont.
I just read the traitor may go around Nancy and do the speech, we are real close to massive civil unrest and he wants that more than anything and I say we do NOT take the bait.
Let him have his speech, NOBODY watches it, Dems dont go, etc. Will the TRAITOROUS media cover it, sure. When they kowtowed to this FUCKING TRAITOR and gave him air time when they would not give it to Obama, I was done with them.
Other than Rachel and Lawrence and Joy, fuck em all.
akraven
(1,975 posts)We don't have traditional TV.
But my neighbors are ready to toss sTrump in the dungheap.
Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)Things like this often happen after rallies when the groups, and often opposing groups, get energized and worked up and then are suddenly freed to disband and find their way home.
Horrible that this event is being used to distract and further divide the country. Sounded to me like the Native American Veteran understood that divided we will fall.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)...they had the time to gen up the machine. I don't even Tweet but if you look at Latest and refresh, well...it's easy to spot after these past several years.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And, we are being manipulated because there are so many racists to be manipulated.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)UpInArms
(51,283 posts)More at https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-suspends-mysterious-account-that-helped-spread-covington-catholic-video
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,343 posts)That Covington thing has been swamping discussion since it hit.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Find something DECENT people will respond to in the positive manner and the same incident will bring out the no good nazis and you can distract till the cows come home.
peggysue2
(10,828 posts)Anything to move the public's attention away from the disaster that this Administration is and has been. That's not to diminish the bigotry that's on display but the public is being emotionally kidnapped by this and other swirling incidents to deflect the daily damage by Trump's Shutdown and lawlessness.
Anything that sows chaos and confusion and distraction is a winner for the treason weasels.
We need to keep our eyes wide open.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)saying as to the need to diminish the overall importance of this story, as an example.
"What do you mean it isnt that important, racism is very important!" Would have been what I have said in the past, but seems I have been manipulated for a while now and I am one of the most pessimistic people you have EVER met, rarely do I get played only because I ALWAYS assume the worst.
peggysue2
(10,828 posts)are very good at netting us in this churn of constant conflict and emotional turmoil. They're using our good faith against us. Because? It works so splendidly.
Btw, we've all been manipulated. If not on this then something else.