Thread by @MuellerSheWrote

ANATOMY OF A DISINFO OP:

Step 1: give everyone unrealistic expectations: like calling for treason charges TOMORROW. Exploit the fact that justice is slow and DoJ can’t talk about investigations to sow displeasure with how long things take and why we haven’t heard anything.

Step 2: start bashing the DoJ with common, repeated phrases: Justice delayed is justice denied, where is Garland, Garland isn’t the right man for the moment, replace him with Sally Yates. I’m sure you’ve seen all those repeated over and over. Introduce a 3rd party candidate.

Step 3: when justice does eventually happen, it probably won’t be the big treason charge we wanted, so the trolls put out tweets that we should be ANGRY with the outcome and how LONG it took and how it wasn’t enough. It’s NEVER enough

Step 4: use all that built up anger to sow doubt about OTHER criminal shit we are worried will go unpunished. Convince us to promote the degradation of due process and the mistreatment of criminal defendants. Make us go against the tenets of democracy to see “justice” served.

Step 5: continue to push unrealistic expectations of justice that can never be met, & use that despair and anger to start convincing us our administration and our party has failed us. That both parties are the same. Then slide that 3rd party candidate into the primary.

Allow me to give an example. The Bannon contempt charge.

“Bannon committed TREASON! This is open & shut so why is he not under arrest? If this were ME, I’d be in JAIL by now! What is TAKING so long? He’s indicted? ABOUT TIME! Why is he out on bail? He should be IN PRISON NOW!”

“Why did it take 22 days? That’s bullshit! WHERE IS GARLAND? Bannon should be remanded in PRISON until trial He should be tried for TREASON. Nothing is going to happen to ANYONE. Biden chose the wrong man for AG. Sally Yates would have done it better. Dems are ineffectual.”

“Both parties are the same. No one gives a fuck. Might as well not vote at all if we can’t get accountability for a coup. Was that Andrew Yang on fox just now?”

Do we really believe in holding people without bail? Stripping them of due process and throwing people in prison? Treating defendants as guilty before it’s proven they are? Not willing to wait TWENTY TWO DAYS to get it right? Is this what we have become?

And I’m not saying everyone will fall for the disenchanted voter thing, but enough will. It worked in 2016. I’m also not saying not to criticize DoJ for legit mistakes they make. Just be careful you’re not feeding the op and ending up like this ⬇️ END

PS: another one ⬇️

PPS: another ⬇️