I think it’s more likely that the claim of “Russian propaganda” is itself a form of propaganda. It’s like the new boogeyman of 2019/2020. I worry that people t

I think it’s more likely that the claim of “Russian propaganda” is itself a form of propaganda. It’s like the new boogeyman of 2019/2020. I worry that people tend to use such a device to shut down discussions on a “reasonably well researched” article which espouses a widely held viewpoint that they might not agree with. Most people were told they weren’t allowed to hold funerals for their loved ones, but thousands of people can protest together. The rules are undeniably slanted in their application based on politics. I think the tipping point was the open letter from healthcare professionals claiming that BLM should be exempt from social distancing rules that shut down the economy and put 40 million people out of work. Another recent article on ZH showed a video taken in a predominantly Hasidic Jewish area of Brooklyn of city workers literally welding the gates shut at a park, in the same weekend that massive protests for BLM were being held. They mentioned in the same piece I believe that NYC has ordered contact tracers not to ask residents if they had attended a protest. The first amendment protects freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. The State here is picking favorites. It doesn’t take a “Russian troll” to tell you that.