Flatworm7591

There a whole article about Russian disinformation on this topic here. They certainly did have a pact with the Nazis. Your argument is basically "it didn't happen, but if it did then it the West forced us into it" which is a 100% classic disinformation line. It's like when Putin says there is no war with Ukraine, but if there is it's because the West forced us to do it.

I know I don't like your post history.

Is this some conspiracy theory or can you supply credible sources?

"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?" - Ursula K. Le Guin

Have you considered moving?

Well at least it gives us some idea of their politics.

FYI - 42 downvotes and 320 upvotes so far = 278 (87% ratio of upvotes/downvotes)

Good question... US still unprepared for Russian election interference, Robert Mueller says. I'm not a policy wonk, but it's clear to me that while media literacy and awareness campaigns have some level of utility, they are not sufficient to move the dial for the general public. Especially in the US, the people repeating Russian disinformation talking points are in fact often aware of this, but because those talking points are an effective way of attacking their domestic opponents, they just don't seem to care whether what they are saying is true or not.

tbh it looks a lot more like parody to me. Also, please by mindful of community rule 5.

If you know of anything similar in other countries, please let me know and I'll add it to my list of sources.

That's a pretty good summation, imo. Democrats really don't want to hear anything about the ethics of sending US arms to Israel while it conducts a genocide right now. Their mentality is something like, "let's get Kamala elected, and don't point to any negatives until afterwards". But the fact is, once Harris is elected (if she wins), she will have very little incentive to change her policy on this issue. This small pre-election window is really the only opportunity available for leftists to campaign for her to change her stance. The activists still "harping on" about this issue recognize that and are doing their best to put pressure on her campaign. Arguably, they are running an ethically principled campaign, assuming their motives are good (i.e., stop the genocide). I get the whole "lesser of two evils" concept and have some sympathy for it, but I also understand why this single important issue is a complete dealbreaker for many leftists.

Having said all that, your disclaimer note about Linkerbaan's checks out. They are problematic because they do repeat a lot of Russian disinfo talking points, and in classic tankie fashion don't seem to have any issues with Russia's invasion of Ukraine while at the same time condemning US support of Israel's genocide. Personally, I feel that a principled person should be against genocide and war crimes no matter who is conducting them, otherwise they are just a partisan propagandist. But it seems most MLs on lemmy just can't bring themselves to level any sort of criticism against Russia, China, North Korea or Iran (to name a few), even when it is entirely justified, because of their "critical support" groupthink towards any anti-US/anti-Western state.

If any poster seems to be totally ignoring or justifying genocide and war crimes committed by AES countries, but campaigning relentlessly against "US funded genocide" then personally I think it's justified to ban them as they are clearly engaging in partisan propaganda. While it's hard to know 100% for sure what linkerbaan's true motivations are, I'd agree there are a number of red flags in their post history.

Ah sorry man, I didn't check it out too thoroughly.

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