Bookmarked this thread. The assorted mixture of Pope Francis the Marxist admirers, Russia-bots, Russian Orthodox, and atheist libertarians that try to commandeer this conservative website, are not going to be very happy with the facts you’ve posted. Thanks for posting this.
You’re Welcome!
FINALLY, a dose of sanity on this subject from a fellow FReeper! Really started to wonder what the heck is going on here. :) Seems sometimes like the Putinistas have overrun the site, particularly the Russia threads. Can’t for the life of me understand why they are allowed to remain here all of these years doing what they do, but I have an increasing suspicion, which I will keep to myself.
“The web brigades, also known as Russia’s troll army[1] or troll factory[2][3], are state-sponsored anonymous Internet political commentators and trolls linked to the Russian government.
Participants report that they are organized into teams and groups of commentators that participate in Russian and international political blogs and Internet forums using sockpuppets and large-scale orchestrated trolling and disinformation campaigns to promote pro-Putin and pro-Russian propaganda.[4][5][6][7]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_brigades