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Yeah, it's so strange that people confuse you with a Kremlin bot when you repeatedly spew the same fucking bullshit talking points as the bots themselves.
Bruh Idk how you got convinced there are so many bots around. Like, sure, if you write off everything that differs from the nato line of thought as bots, then sure, believe what you want. But ti me that's just absurd. I assume that people I interact with are actual humans, even if their opinions suck ass. But to be so far up your own ass, as to not even acknowledge that people can think other things than you without them being some evil, heinous bot is just fuckin stupid
Meanwhile, there are literally bots that easily replace humans.
~~Its weird that someones life is only dedicated to be negative about one thing. And especially because Russia and China love to manipulate and do everything to convince people that what they are doing is great, its not unlikely they are bots. Especially with LLM its very easy to create a realistic bot.~~
~~Thinking that they are bots is more likely than not because of these facts.~~
Well, I guess I shall stop my propaganda and just accept that there are literal communities that are hardcore china or russia fans because of the leftism.
There are reasons why Elon Musk doesn't feel alone while having no gf. /j
You know, I've read exactly one comment from you, ReakDuck, and It would be a bit silly if I assumed from this single comment that your entire life to this point has been paranoid whingeing about Russian bots.
"Russia and China love to manipulate and do everything to convince people that what they are doing is great"
If it's a matter of propaganda, I hope you understand that America is perfectly capable of churning out plenty of absolute pig shit on its own. All large nations with their own media ecosystems employ propaganda as a means of placation, diversion, and general control. Do you worry about the people who agree with you being bots, too? Aren't your online peers just as likely to be bots? Do you think your particular party or associates don't employ the same trickery as everyone else? How have they stayed competitive?
Furthermore, what proof would you require to know I'm not a bot? No amount of personal information is beyond manufacturing. I could even send you a social security number and valid identification and you could say I stole it. Do you see where I'm going with this? That rationale of yours is a catch-all justification of complete dismissal. One can protect themselves from any dissenting opinions if they can convince themselves that the other person writing to them is a bot. There's nothing they can say or do to prove such an assertion wrong short of showing up at your house and shitting on your lawn.
I believe you should challenge the rhetoric being presented to you instead of protecting your own through frivolous dismissals, but I don't know why I've wasted all my time writing this response to a lib bot.
I just read a few lines and just instantly rethought everything. America, China and Russia fans are bots to spread propaganda /j
No you are absolute right, I was just way too used to reddit. Especially because there were many weird bots with bad patterns for Karma farming.
I'm pleasantly surprised by your response, honestly. I understand the temptation to make such arguments, and I'd be lying if I told you that astroturfing and shit like that didn't happen, but hard leftists like us are small in number in American spaces and that level of bullshittery generally requires some alignment with corporate interests to find the resources. We're just a bunch of regular people from many different corners who are really passionate about our opinions for a variety of reasons. Hope I wasn't too aggro with my comment, and hope the rest of your day is a nice one