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Pentagon Reports 2000% Increase in Russia Trolls Since Friday (axios.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in Saturday's briefing that there has been a "2,000% increase in Russian trolls in the last 24 hours," following the coordinated strike against Syria on Friday night.
Not that folks can't hold that view - it just seems disproportionate, compared to the population.
Perhaps you don't recall who won the election and how that works?
I've been very pro trump mostly because trump was an antidote to sjw infestation in the IT/geek space. But Trump is a problem in Net Neutrality and now illegal wars. Time to impeach him.
Are you seeing some different version of /. than I'm seeing? Does /. do some sort of tailoring of the scores to the logged in user? Because I've witnessed the opposite. Lots of inane junk like "fuck trump" getting a "+5 insightful", while well-reasoned, thought-out posts that use some logic to defend a particular action of his getting modded as troll, presumably by someone who didn't have any logic to argue back with.
Yes, you use that common core logic. For those of you not intelligent enough to parse it, common core logic means that whatever I say makes sense and whatever you say is illogical.
The problem is that I don't think this is the situation, or at least it shouldn't be.
From what I recall, the state department was not exactly state of the art computer wise when Hillary was there. From experience I know people will go around process or systems if they have to to get their work done. Previously another secretary of state used what I believe was a web mail provider, so not dramatically better. She basically chose convenience and possibly having some control over her email by having it in her home.
No, none of the above makes a private server for that work a good idea. It wasn't. It further got worse when she wasn't careful with the content. Some was not marked when it should have been, and should not have been sent regardless.
In short she made a poor IT decision, and then compounded it by not being careful with what was sent. That being said, no one is going to jail for not being careful enough with classified information. They will lose a security clearance though. If you can prove deliberate intent to release it, then that is another matter.
Now the biggest thing they hammered about Clinton was email. Yep, it was not good, but not the end of the world, as there is little doubt she would learn from the experience.
In comparison was Donald Trump who was proven to be a manipulative lying sack of shit in every area he remotely touched. Birthirism wasn't a judgement call in securing classified information issue, it showed rot at the core of his ethics. In short, he seems to have very few ethics that don't revolve around polishing the turd that is the Trump brand.
Investigating Hillary was appropriate by the FBI. Releasing the reopening of the investigation days before the vote was not. If they found something, that would be different, but then they would have to make a judgement call about also releasing Trump's ongoing status.
Investigating Trump is also appropriate, and quite frankly looks really bad for him and everything he touches. I really hope they find evidence to toss him in the slammer and throw away the key, but I don't want them to make anything up.
Russian trolls have pretty well been proven and with technology as their tool it is I think all but certain that they changed the result of the election, in that people voted for one candidate they would not have or didn't vote. I personally think they put Trump over the edge, but it is one of those things you will likely never prove.
Reality is often complex. I think we need to be thankful that the FBI has been doing their job, whether people like it or not. It is, also, worth noting that Bush and Obama were fairly scandal free, so it is not like the FBI just goes after every president.
Having the president and Hannity and all the rest push the FBI to investigate _only_ their political enemies is something else, and is something quite foul, not unlike raw sewage. Also, as much as Trump might pretend otherwise, Robert Mueller is a republican. It is possible to be one of those and be a good person.
I predict a 3000% increase in Rickrolling.
And I predict a 4000% increase in Pentagon trolls.
Or are we not supposed to acknowledge the fact that the US gov't pays people and wages propaganda wars on the Internet?
The post you are replying to has been modded "troll".
Can you explain how it is insulting or of lower quality than yours? There is no insulting language, it doesn't use any name calling, it's a simple statement of opinion in the same manner as yours.
This thread is proof that this happens, and if you examine affected posts you will find it happens all too often.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
And the Pentagon is under orders to advance the US imperialistic agenda by manipulating the public too. What's the difference? And why do you trust the info from the Pentagon if you're so concerned about people's motives?
noticed.
I'm very liberal and when I post my strong dislike for the R's that are ruining things for all of us, I get modded down very unrealistically, compared to how slash used to be (note, I do have a low enough number to know what slash used to be like in the early days).
IT is not conservative; slash is mostly IT based and yet the R's come here in storm and mod things down in a pretty organized manner.
I'd say there are definitely paid shills and trolls here and have been over about 10 years, now.
I dont' really care; since I realize that this place has long been invaded and ruined. I still speak my mind and the message still does get out. but it is a shame that the invasion of social media has mostly ruined it, as a true communication medium.
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
There are all sorts of good reasons reasons to be against military intervention (by the U.S. and Russia) but the troll arguments typically blossom only when the US and EU forces are the ones intervening, and their post-truth framing of the issues is often a tell.
Honestly, the cries of McCarthyism about this issue are also evidence of either being a mark, or in on the con.
I predict a 3000% increase in Rickrolling.
And I predict a 4000% increase in Pentagon trolls.
Or are we not supposed to acknowledge the fact that the US gov't pays people and wages propaganda wars on the Internet?
So can you give me some links to the "Pentagon trolls? Are they like the Russian Trolls? Looking forward to your defense of your thesis and how you identified them as trolls from the Pentagon.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
"Exactly.
Also why label them trolls? They seem more like people sharing their opinions. Russians are entitled to opinions too. And, as a US citizen, I am entitled to listen to them if I want to."
You overdid the bit a bit, pardon the pun.
Spoken like a true troll.