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Everyone: Calling people Russian assets with no evidence is wrong and crazy.
Establishment Pundits: No, it's legit because it's a completely meaningless pejorative that has nothing to do with connections to Russia.
Everyone: So why say it?
EP: Because we REALLY don't like them!
I just can't get over how nuts this is. Like, that's your DEFENSE? That your "Russian asset" smear doesn't actually mean anything? That's how you JUSTIFY using it? What the hell kind of backwards ass timeline did I stumble into?
I mean, this is literally just them saying "Okay yes we're lying, but we're not lying in the same way you're saying we're lying."
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Real revolution is ultimately a fight against psychological compartmentalization on a mass scale. The empire works constantly to keep people from thinking about the horrors of war, the dynamics of true power, etc, while the clear-eyed rebel fights to bring it all into the light.
This is why whistleblowers and those who publish their revelations are made Enemy #1 by establishment power structures. It's in the people's interest that things be brought into the light and it's in the empire's interest that they be kept in the dark.
We saw this dynamic really come to a head with the 2016 Clinton campaign, with pundits openly proclaiming that media outlets shouldn't report facts which hurt Hillary's chances and saying "We need you to BE QUIET!" to those talking about her corruption.
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I'm going to tap out a timeline of events here so people can fully appreciate the significance of the findings of the panel on Douma/OPCW.
April 2018: Trump instructs military to pull out of Syria. Those familiar with patterns warn of coming false flag.
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Thread on findings by a recent Courage Foundation panel on the #OPCW investigation of last year's #Douma incident, whose members are "unanimous in expressing our alarm over unacceptable practices in the investigation of the alleged chemical attack". #Syria
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