They Really Think They’ll Be Able To Propagandize The World Into Liking Israel Again
(caityjohnstone.medium.com)
Sounds like I touched a nerve.
Ok? And? State your actual point please; because it seems like you’re just trying to make an implication that you know would sound like rank McCarthyism if you actually came out and said it.
I am saying that this woman might be part of the absolute tsunami of Russian disinformation which they've been investing in, in order to confuse Western voters with quite a bit of good success. She also might not be, but she sure does have a heavy, heavy sprinkling of pro-Russian talking points in here. I listed some examples I think.
Most anti-war people I know of just don't like war in general. They don't want Russia bombing people, or Syria, or the US, or Israel, or Australia. They're consistent. And they generally don't all of a sudden want us to think that Russia definitely didn't poison all of those diplomats and you're stupid if you think they did for example.
What do you mean “stuff like that”? Those two claims seem to have nothing in common.
Sure they do, they're both coincidentally Russia-aligned points of view that there is not a lot of reason for someone who isn't American to get excited and super forceful about to the extent that she gets excited and forceful about them.
I've known a decent number of non-American people who are just against the American government in general (and with excellent reasons behind it). They very rarely take time to distinguish one and only one of the symmetrical and mostly aligned parts of the imperial machine, and single out that part for special condemnation. They don't care.
Just her believing or saying these things that to me seem out of place doesn't automatically mean she's malicious. Now that I looked over her blog more, I am a lot more convinced that she is actually Russia-aligned in some way. There's just a ton of stuff about Russia specifically, and literally every single time, the viewpoint is exactly what Russia state TV would want her to say. I've been reading her recently, when it's 90% Palestine and 10% Russia's-the-good-guys-btw, but her older stuff is way way more overt. But, anyway, you're not required to agree with me on that. The links are there, people can draw their own conclusions if they're motivated to look into it and read them.
Edit: Replaced double quotes with hyphens because that is critical I guess
I still can’t find the one where she talks about how Europe turning to clean energy instead of good old Russian oil is a horrifying mistake they better turn back from.
But you’re going to try and invoke it anyway to try and smear her.
Fair enough. I think I really was misremembering and it was from this blog that I got that one. I looked for a while on Caitlin's blog and couldn't find that particular point anywhere.
Imagine how fascist you would have to be to think the truth of a statement has anything to do with who it’s “convenient” for.
You keep telling me things are my argument, which are not my argument.
I don't really want to just keep indefinitely clarifying things to you, it seems likely to go on forever. Anyway, you asked some specific questions, so those are the answers. The back and forth bit I think I can leave aside; I already said pretty much everything I wanted to say, I think.
Edit: Holy God, I just went down a rabbit hole. She has literally been republished in Russian state media, and she apparently threatened to sue somebody who claimed she was Russian propaganda. There's a lot more, too. Other people have noticed that she's weird.