Mother Fucking Russiagate!!!

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 03:20:28 UTC 2021


*Joe, now  to really beat this dead nag:*

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OK, both you AND Thomas brought up Russiagate yesterday (*see below - start
at the bottom, chronologically*) - and I still have no idea why…
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 6:54 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

Um…
> I’m not sure you guys are even talking about the same topic anymore.  Just
> to be clear:
>
> 1.  “Russiagate” refers to all attempts by Russian internet media hackers
> to
>
[…snip]

> 2.  “Russiagate” doesn’t have anything to do with what became of the “Arab
> Spring”
>
[…snip]

> 3.  “Russiagate” might refer to the misnamed (by Joe Tracey last night or
> last week
>
[…. Snip]

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*2.    Thomas then brought it up along with Syria, as a joke*:
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> > On Dec 13, 2021, at 4:33 PM, Thomas Eckhardt
>>
>  wrote:
>> […. Snip]
>> > > While I am in a fighting mood - want to discuss Russiagate? Like we
>> did in the good old days?
>
>
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> *1.    First you, Joe, brought it up to teach me (everyone?) about evil
binaries.* (I still have no clue why- Is that how one is supposed to reason
with bullies?  Do you know how ridiculous you sound here?)
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> Morris
> Insults and social bullying are not effective forms of persuasion. The
> ease with which you and others are duped by these tactics was on full
> disply with Russiagate,  and also in your recent insults and verbal abuse
> to Thomas and probably myself. The trouble with binary models of reality
is
> that both sides can be held together by a pack of lies and self
> righteousness just as both sides can be different ways of seeing truth.

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*Lesson Learned?  In deep water, throw out “Russiagate!”*
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