> the implicit point was obviously partisan No, it was not. Partisan would be asking if they were going to switch to a specific different party. I asked if the

> the implicit point was obviously partisan No, it was not. Partisan would be asking if they were going to switch to a specific different party. I asked if they re-thought their affiliation. > As for Russian propaganda, that isn't remotely representative of the forum. I never claimed it was, just that it has increased the past two weeks without much moderation. > the bias that causes internet users to feel that other commenters are foreign agents, astroturfers, spies, shills, bots, etc. Another thing I never claimed. All of these assumptions sound like they may be an example of the Illusion of Asymmetric Insight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_asymmetric_insight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_asymmetric_insight). Is that how this works?