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I find it amusing that those who call false flag sound as if they are the ones flying a false flag. It's exactly the sort of action one would expect to call ou
by bnjms 9y ago
I find it amusing that those who call false flag sound as if they are the ones flying a false flag. It's exactly the sort of action one would expect to call out if I was trying to turn a population in on itself. False flag is a recently common accusation which did not used to be common on the internet.
- coldtea 9y agoBlaming everything on "Russian hackers" also didn't use to be "common on the internet". As words, phrases and fads spreads on the press, so they do on the internet.
- cjslep 9y agoWhere have you been? "Russian hackers" has been an internet trope before memes were a thing.
- chillwaves 9y agoBack in my day it used to be "chinese hackers" but I guess we have always been at war with Eurasia.
- checkyoursudo 9y agohttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Russian+hackers%2CChinese+hackers&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CRussian%20hackers%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CChinese%20hackers%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Russian+hacker...
- coldtea 9y agoNot referring to the internet trope (or the existence of hackers in Russia and/or Eastern Europe), but the actual BS press "Russian hackers behind this and that", which is the "WMDs" of late 2010s.
- cjslep 9y agoWhat do you mean "WMDs of late 2010s"? The WMD excuse I'm familiar with was the one to invade Iraq was early 2000's, and anyone with half a critical mind could see that it was a flimsy argument at best in order to appeal to the hawks at home who wanted blood after September 11th. And American citizens who had studied Islam at all would understand that the only reason the Sunni, Shia, (and Kurds, ethnic not religious minority) had not openly killed each other in Iraq was due to Saddam's non-discriminating iron fist, and that invading could have potentially destabilized the country into a pariah state. I'm not going to change your mind on what you think is BS, but I do disagree with you. If you have the chance, I highly suggest talking to retired CIA operatives that were active during the Cold War -- the stuff they talk about (when allowed) can be pretty eye-opening.
- varjag 9y agoFalse flag is the quicksand of online drama. People allude to them a lot more often than they are found in the wild.