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Well heck, I was called a Russian shill here just the other day, and I am not even Russian. It is also interesting because the Chinese are thought to have cond

by rdtsc 9y ago

Well heck, I was called a Russian shill here just the other day, and I am not even Russian. It is also interesting because the Chinese are thought to have conducted the OPM hack -- probably one of the most massive and embarrassing strikes against the US government's intelligence and military agencies in decades, maybe ever. Anybody worried after that about Chinese companies or individuals buying assets in US (like say real estate). It's not nearly at the same level of hysteria and panic as people are about Russians. At least the press hasn't done nearly the amount of coverage.

kobeya 9y ago
you don't need to be X to be an X shill. the phrase usually means shilling about X.
- rdtsc 9y ago
  > you don't need to be X to be an X shill. the phrase usually means shilling about X. I guess not. But they specifically dug into my comment history to prove that I was X (which I am not). So by their definition they were looking for the "need to be an X"
heartbreak 9y ago
You were called a shill by a [dead] user for this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15381118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15381118 In your comment you summarize illegal Russian interference in the election (via political advertising), while simultaneously asserting that Russian interference is a false narrative. I won't accuse you of being a shill, because I'm familiar with Hanlon's razor.
- rdtsc 9y ago
  I was asserting that Russians are interfering with elections in many countries, including ours. But the story that it had any significant impact on the election is a false narrative. Unless they somehow hacked Hillary's agenda so she never landed in Wisconsin and so that she never addressed the concerned of the workers from the Rustbelt states.
  - heartbreak 9y ago
    > I was asserting that Russians are interfering with elections in many countries You did not make that assertion anywhere in the linked comment.
    - rdtsc 9y ago
      It was in the same conversation thread: --- > It's a modus-operandi of the Russian intelligence apparatus I believe that. KGB has been doing that since it was formed. Technically they might not have been sophisticated but they were good at planting stories and spinning narratives. I remember the "US govt created AIDS to kill all the black people" fake news. --- Just below it

by rdtsc 9y ago

kobeya 9y ago

you don't need to be X to be an X shill. the phrase usually means shilling about X.

rdtsc 9y ago
> you don't need to be X to be an X shill. the phrase usually means shilling about X. I guess not. But they specifically dug into my comment history to prove that I was X (which I am not). So by their definition they were looking for the "need to be an X"

heartbreak 9y ago

You were called a shill by a [dead] user for this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15381118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15381118 In your comment you summarize illegal Russian interference in the election (via political advertising), while simultaneously asserting that Russian interference is a false narrative. I won't accuse you of being a shill, because I'm familiar with Hanlon's razor.

rdtsc 9y ago
I was asserting that Russians are interfering with elections in many countries, including ours. But the story that it had any significant impact on the election is a false narrative. Unless they somehow hacked Hillary's agenda so she never landed in Wisconsin and so that she never addressed the concerned of the workers from the Rustbelt states.
- heartbreak 9y ago
  > I was asserting that Russians are interfering with elections in many countries You did not make that assertion anywhere in the linked comment.
  - rdtsc 9y ago
    It was in the same conversation thread: --- > It's a modus-operandi of the Russian intelligence apparatus I believe that. KGB has been doing that since it was formed. Technically they might not have been sophisticated but they were good at planting stories and spinning narratives. I remember the "US govt created AIDS to kill all the black people" fake news. --- Just below it