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PDittie

(8,322 posts)

4. It is not 'liberal'

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 10:51 AM

Feb 2019

nor is it 'progressive', and I would go so far as to say 'undemocratic', to summarily dismiss the views of others by claiming that they are not actual people, or that their views are based on Russian propaganda.

It is in fact garden variety ad hominem. Let's dispense with this McCarthyist nonsense, please.

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How to Spot a Russian Bot on Social Media [View all] RKP5637 Feb 2019 OP

Tolerance of Shills zipplewrath Feb 2019 #1

Easy Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #2

How is that a Russian shill or bot? Celerity Feb 2019 #11

This part: demmiblue Feb 2019 #3

It is not 'liberal' PDittie Feb 2019 #4

Ask HRC if she thinks it's McCarthyist nonsense. n/t Doremus Feb 2019 #8

I'm not interested in her reply. PDittie Feb 2019 #9

If they push Andy823 Feb 2019 #12

K&R nt Andy823 Feb 2019 #5

I saw on a Washington Post article I think Beringia Feb 2019 #6

Interesting. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2019 #7

Hardly. PDittie Feb 2019 #10

So you wouldn't lift a finger to help sort out the bots from the nots Beringia Feb 2019 #15

One thing I've noticed on a lot of FB pages of conservative friends, tanyev Feb 2019 #13

No idea. I don't use Facebook at all. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2019 #14

they drink coffee from a glass & smoke filterless cigs. nt janmichael3 Feb 2019 #16

... RKP5637 Feb 2019 #17

Guess where I stole that from? Partly? janmichael3 Feb 2019 #18