Suspected Campaign from Russia on Reddit

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24 points·yuhao··5 comments

context: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fears-russian-interferenc...

interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-50701904/jeremy-corbyn-defe...

It will be interesting to see the moral gymnastics involved here, seeing as Trump and Corbyn are perceived as being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, and President Trump basically did similar things (take advantage of leaks from Russian agents). I imagine many of the same people that excoriate Trump for this will find a way for Jeremy Corbyn to be innocent, and those that condemn Corbyn will have justified Trump.

The Russians meanwhile, probably just want everyone divided and easy to manipulate. Which has been working pretty well I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

Of course, what is noticeably lost in these discussions is always any consideration for whether the underlying leaked documents are true. If there was any hint of that in this case we can safely assume it would be getting trumpeted throughout the British press.

As with the Hillary/DNC email leaks, you're meant to focus on where they came from as opposed to the actual underlying corruption they indicate.

These documents were posted to Reddit a week before the UK election was called, and by all accounts are legit, but that won't stop anyone from calling it a "Russian disinformation campaign to swing the UK's elections."

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