In Summer 2019, the party's vice-presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, was out spreading disinformation that an iconic civil rights worker, Colin Kaepernick, was insignificant until "Russia bots" pushed the issue onto the American public in a bid to sow discord.
Eric Ting reports in the San Francisco Gate last year, (see also other sources):
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said the controversy surrounding the national anthem protests of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was 'not a thing' until Russian trolls started fanning the flames on social media.
During a Friday interview with the radio show 'The Breakfast Club,' Harris discussed Russian interference in the 2016 election, and said the easiest way for Russian online trolls to sow discord in American politics is to stoke racial animosity.
'They test out a couple of things to see what can get the American public going at each other, pointing fingers at each other,' Harris said. 'Guess what gains the most heat? Race.'
'Remember the heat that ended up around the 'bend the knee' and Colin Kaepernick?' Harris asked. 'Many smart people have said it actually was not a thing, the Russian bots started taking that on.'
Things were fine and peaceful here until the Russians showed up.
There is no question that police violence and targeting of black and brown people in American society is news to Harris.
But outside of Harris' bubble, Black Lives Matter and others fighting the destruction of American minorities know that Kaepernick has been a "thing" since he sacrificed his NFL career and $Millions in the pursuit of justice by taking a knee starting in 2016.
No matter the damage Biden and Harris have inflicted onto black and brown lives, Colin Kaepernick will likely continue his work as the Democratic Party attributes stands for justice as Russian-inflamed, an exercise in McCarthyism that now defines Democrats.
The utter incapacity of Democratic Party organs to recognize how destructive Kamala Harris remains is yet another example of how propaganda and thought control define Trump, Biden and Harris who keep telling us to look over there.
This is as bad a take as Mark Pocan endorsing Joe Kennedy over Ed Markey. You know that Kamala meant that Americans weren't outraged about Kap until Russian bots amplified the issue and stirred up trailer trash to make his choice to kneel into a controversy.
ReplyDeleteYou've gotta get off this "I hate Hillary and the DNC so all Party types suck" frame of thinking. Your motivated reasoning is making you say things that don't make sense.
The idea that taking a knee amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests is a Russian-magnified enterprise is absurd. That the Democratic Party line — Russians are coming — is taken seriously should alarm you. Intelligence professionals and other Dems who emit this propaganda onto the domestic target population know their efforts will pay off. And yes, most Party types do suck.
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