The difference is that they are not voicing individual opinions, they are running operations for the government to quash or change opinion. Government agents w

The difference is that they are not voicing individual opinions, they are running operations for the government to quash or change opinion. Government agents who come to speak and identify themselves as such are obviously always welcomed to have an opinion and voice it in public. I have replied to several sock puppet accounts on HN that were clearly foreign governments trying to influence the discussion, this is not acceptable.