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In reply to the discussion: Pro-Russian Ukrainians attacked by "uniformed vigilantes" in eastern Ukraine. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)do find it disturbing that a few here seem to spend an inordinate amount of time on them.
I remember posting links to sites when arguing with Right Wingers during the Bush era. They could not wait to jump all over any link posted by a Democrat. Not being familiar with every site or their biases at that time, they had a field day for a while until I became more familiar with them.
After which I searched for sites THEY found credible. Once forced to deal with the TOPIC they found other ways to avoid it, always trying to avoid discussing what they found to be inconvenient.
It was clear when they used that tactic it was intended to change the discussion from the topic to trivia, and most of the time, before we Dems became more experienced with their tactics, it worked. Being honest most Dems fell for it initially, went into defensive mode and the mission was accomplished.
In the end though, all they accomplished was to teach US tactics most ordinary people would never have thought of because most ordinary people are sincere, not trying to manipulate others.
I believe the poster, and it is more than in their favor that they ARE NOT familiar with those sites imho.