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US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel (edit: source is bad, see comments) (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 11 months ago by PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social to c/politics@piefed.social

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[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

they suspected many far-right accounts are actually foreign individuals cosplaying as Western reactionaries to farm clicks

That's not what most people suspected.

What? Yes it is, most people with a functioning brain know most far right accounts are run by foreign individuals. You know this because each one has had a moment like this:

Everyone knows the Reich wing is easily manipulated, due to their gross ignorance and unwillingness to learn. Magats are only allowed to parrot fox entertainment talking points and other Reich wing news media, or be ostracized.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social [S] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Yes it is, most people with a functioning brain know most far right accounts are run by foreign individuals.

It's the emphasis on "individuals" and the out-of-left-field supposition "to farm clicks" that I objected to. The idea that they are being run not from within the US is 100% accurate, yes.

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[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Ah ok, that read like you were saying it wasn't a known issue. But yeah, it's definitely not individuals, it's foreign, and probably domestic, governments. I don't doubt for a second that the group of pedophiles has outsourced their own propaganda.

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