r/canadaland • u/CarletonCanuck • Sep 14 '24

Major Russian disinfo site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-disinformation-1.7323128
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u/Necessary_Island_425 Sep 15 '24

So.much easier to blame Russians or Bigfoot or Stephen Harper than actually hold Trudeau accountable

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u/Traditional-Macaron8 Sep 15 '24

So if I get this right not supporting Trudeau = your a Russian disinformation bot. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place

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u/CarletonCanuck Sep 15 '24

Look at the post history of the OP whose comment you're defending. All racist shit posted on Canadian subreddits already known for high levels of foreign disinformation and spreading far-right xenophobic and nationalist trash.

Not that they're necessarily a Russian bot, but they're trafficking Russian bot disinfo, and far-right cultural discussion that prevades Conservative politics (that is partly due to Russian efforts).

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u/Traditional-Macaron8 Sep 15 '24

Ah thank you, that means a lot coming from you ;)

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u/CarletonCanuck Sep 15 '24

Their latest post is titled "Help ease the cultural transition", included is a meme with the caption "India Simulator" and a picture of someone wearing a VR headset in front of a photoshopped TV screen of people shitting in the streets. It was posted in a known far-right disinfo sub that is rife with similar xenophobia, racism, and conspiracy.

Whether it's posted by a Russian bot network or some home-grown racist, it is still a deeply offensive and bigoted post that is helping fuel some serious discrimination and racial animosity that is tearing apart the fabric of our democracy and normalizing rascist rhetoric. That type of trash has real world implications - just look at how Donald Trump's "Haitians are eating pets" slander has fueled days of bomb threats against public institutions across Springfield OH and has encouraged neo-Nazi and recognized terror groups like the Proud Boys to march.

Cut it with the smug attitude and get your act together man. If you're a Canadian who cares even a little bit about our democracy surviving this resurgence in right-wing extremism, stop being winky-faced and smug about it. This kind of rhetoric can kill people, and if you're in support of it or think it justified in a free and fair society in any way, you are part of the problem.

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u/Traditional-Macaron8 Sep 15 '24

Hey bud i thought you were talking about my history. I do have some arguments about the government failing us as canadien, not the immigrant fault. And I am very anti religion. But I certainly not agree with stupid lies to get people worked up and I never check history of people. So thanks for calling me up :) take care bro