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Aside from the fact that Russia really does seem to be implicated in this... That you're hearing so much about Russia this year is due to the fact that the Dem
by JeremyNT 10y ago
Aside from the fact that Russia really does seem to be implicated in this...
That you're hearing so much about Russia this year is due to the fact that the Democrats have made it something of a theme of this campaign season [0].
I would suggest that, the Republicans having already "won" terrorism messaging, the Democrats have embraced anti-Russia propaganda so they can have their own bogeyman to fight against. With Trump's documented ties to Russia, the Democrats can "own" attacks on Russia without risk of retaliation.
[0] https://theintercept.com/2016/08/08/dems-tactic-of-accusing-adversaries-of-kremlin-ties-and-russia-sympathies-has-long-history-in-us/ https://theintercept.com/2016/08/08/dems-tactic-of-accusing-...
- pessimizer 10y agoAll "implicated" means is accused. The fact that the Democrats are accusing the Russians creates an implication. What's short is the evidence. Democrats are campaigning to the patriotic right of a populist candidate, and they can't be anti-Muslim because the populist candidate planted his flag in that on nearly the first day as far to the right as you could go short of internment camps. Russians are all that is left, and they're stuck with trying to make Ukraine sound like a terrifying first move towards something.