“I don’t know where it comes from, or why, or how suddenly 1960s era pro-Russian hippy peaceniks are lecturing us ...”
I know. It’s Russian Bots, Russian Info Ops and Russian Dupes (usually evangelicals and fundamentalists). When they take a side against America and its allies you know their loyalties are not with the US, the Constitution, liberty, self-determination etc.
Currently FR is looks like a Windows-XP computer without a firewall or anti-virus. It’s infested with malware and trojans attempting to influence US opinion to the benefit of an adversarial nation -Russia. My guess is they are big donors and remain protected from banning.
For those with years of training/testing in foreign info ops, operatives, insider threats, etc. it’s easy to spot. The ironic thing is the training focuses on the purpose of CI in protecting the integrity of institutions.
It’s because the US along with the rest of the Western World are no longer the good guys. However, that doesn’t make Russia a good guy neither.
I also increased my donations and will do so again in March.