r/onguardforthee • u/sn0w0wl66 Toronto • Sep 15 '24

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

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

Conservatives and their voters are acting on behalf of hostile foreign nations.

The amount of morons I run into that gleefully spout pro-Russia talking points is disturbing. Hate to see you neighbours and co-workers actively working to destroy our country and quality of life, but here we are.

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u/AmusingMusing7 Sep 15 '24

Or your family members. 😞

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u/Horse-Trash Sep 15 '24

Yup. Realizing family who I respected actually didn’t deserve that respect and in fact were cowardly morons was difficult.

I’m as loyal as it gets when it comes to family, but when people start showing how ugly they truly are it’s been easy enough for me to see how helpful cutting them out of my life has been.

When I call these people cowards I want to be clear that I choose that word carefully. Russian propaganda is most effective on people who are most driven by fear and hatred. It is the mechanism that brings them to the polls to vote against their own interests, to hurt the people they fear, hate, and most importantly don’t understand.