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Obviously Russian interferes in US elections. So do many other countries. And the US interferes in other countries elections. It's always been this way. It's
by 99_00 4y ago
Obviously Russian interferes in US elections. So do many other countries.
And the US interferes in other countries elections. It's always been this way.
It's just an issue now, because interference in the 2016 election was spun by domestic political groups to delegitimize an elected president and subvert the democratic process by attempting to remove the president.
- tim333 4y agoThere was some odd stuff going on in that election without much need for spinning it.
- 99_00 4y agoCan you expand on your comment? Are you suggesting that US elections can be rigged?
- tim333 4y agoProbably the most memorable was the Russians hacking the Democrats emails. Also Trump's lot meeting with the Russians before hand and the 100s of Russian troll accounts with names like American Patriot. I mean I know a lot of countries try to influence elections but is was all getting like something from a spy novel. I'm not American and not hugely partisan on the right/left thing but I think the whole world was watching that one and thinking it a bit odd. Obviously the Russians were trying to help Trump and may have swung things a little given that the vote was so close.
- 99_00 4y ago>Also Trump's lot meeting with the Russians before hand and the 100s of Russian troll accounts with names like American Patriot. No one is alleging collusion between Russia and Trump, so you are alluding to baseless conspiracy theories here. >Obviously the Russians were trying to help Trump and may have swung things a little given that the vote was so close. Suggesting that American elections are insecure and have been tampered with is perpetuating The Big Lie conspiracy theory.
- tim333 4y agoNot really - there's a load of info on what went on on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections#Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_20... The Russians trying to help their prefered candidate wasn't so different to any number of other people and organisations trying to do similarnexcept they broke some laws.
- sixQuarks 4y agoYou’re talking too much sense dude, that won’t be tolerated here
- 99_00 4y agoedit: I misread your comment. Both extremes of the spectrum are pretty vocal. But I believe that there is a much bigger, more open minded center on all platforms.