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Why would it be ok for the Chinese government to influence public opinion on Hong Kong, but Russia can't influence public opinion on presidential elections? Fee
by partiallypro 7y ago
Why would it be ok for the Chinese government to influence public opinion on Hong Kong, but Russia can't influence public opinion on presidential elections? Feels like it should be both or none.
- kleer001 7y agoThere's lots of differences at a high enough resolution of analysis.
- tnolet 7y agoBoth are wrong. I don’t think anyone is arguing anything different.
- Y-bar 7y agoNeither is ok, but Jack likes the guys who chants “Russia is our friend”: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/03/twitter-was-going-to-ban-consp.html https://boingboing.net/2018/09/03/twitter-was-going-to-ban-c... https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/10/10/when-white-nationalists-chant-their-weird-slogans-what-do-they-mean https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/10/10/when-white-na...
- sverige 7y agoTwitter permanently banned Alex Jones a couple of days after the above article was published. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-ale...
- Y-bar 7y agoSpencer (the neo-nazi), not Jones (the conspiracy theorist slash propagandist), is the one who loves Russia and who Jack is friendly with. Spencer is still active on Twitter where he still posts white supremacy stuff.