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True Blue Door

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11. Since most of those sites eagerly censor on every other topic, it would be ludicrous

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 12:42 AM

Sep 2014

for them to claim that overwhelming respect for "free speech" keeps them from stopping a foreign government spam operation from posting bigoted lies en masse and shouting down actual commenters. They know what's going on, and they're choosing not to do anything about it - either for financial reasons, or out of fear.

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Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming [View all] True Blue Door Sep 2014 OP

I get all my unbiased russian propaganda-free putin worship from RT and its minions lol msongs Sep 2014 #1

I'm surprised RT hasn't just changed its name already to Putin Pravda. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #2

Exactly! And they aren't even clever. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #3

But still they get away with it, completely. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #6

You only have to look downthread to see why they feel they can "get away with it". Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #9

Since most of those sites eagerly censor on every other topic, it would be ludicrous True Blue Door Sep 2014 #11

Be careful of what you wish for. nt snappyturtle Sep 2014 #4

What does that mean? True Blue Door Sep 2014 #5

I've haven't seen much of that on Western media. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #8

I don't know what comments you're reading True Blue Door Sep 2014 #12

I'd like to see some examples then. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #13

Whatever happened to freedom of speech? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #7

You didn't bother to read the OP, did you? True Blue Door Sep 2014 #10

I don't agree with the OP. It's the same neocon bluster CJCRANE Sep 2014 #14

Thank you...that was my point above...stifling freedom of speech. snappyturtle Sep 2014 #15