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To: Spiridon; mac_truck

SOVIET propagandists during the cold war were trained in a tactic that their western interlocutors nicknamed “whataboutism”. Any criticism of the Soviet Union (Afghanistan, martial law in Poland, imprisonment of dissidents, censorship) was met with a “What about...” (apartheid South Africa, jailed trade-unionists, the Contras in Nicaragua, and so forth).

read more:
https://www.economist.com/node/10598774


17 posted on 07/05/2018 6:49:53 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

Lol...your deep state shilling is becoming embarrassing.

GCHQ isn’t gonna be pleased.


21 posted on 07/05/2018 7:39:12 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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