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• dagenleg 9y ago
  What's the point of saying 'Wikileaks is trying to distract us from happenings in Russia' when you are not even specifying the things we are supposedly being distracted from? If you are trying to proliferate the 'Wikileaks are Russian agents' mantra at least back this up with some facts and observations. Don't simply link to the circlejerk from previous thread - that's kind of lazy.
  • ArchReaper 9y ago
    >What's the point of saying 'Wikileaks is trying to distract us from happenings in Russia' when you are not even specifying the things we are supposedly being distracted from? Am I required to have omniscient knowledge of the subject prior to commenting? You asked me what I was referring to, and I answered your question. It has been painfully clear, with almost every release in recent history, that wikileaks uses releases as distractions to take the spotlight away from other stories. That's why it's worth bringing this up on every post. Just because wikileaks wants the story to be about the release, doesn't mean that's where the real story is. I'm curious as to what the real story is. I do not know the answer to that question, hence my initial comment.