First. This is not that. Because the Russian disinformation apparatus has confirmably created protest events with that exact goal in mind. Both on the left and the right. Including anti-fascist events and events purportedly connected to BLM. But most of their connections and most such events are right wing or alt right targeted. And most of the complaints and poking around have focused on that. Rather than the minimal shit stirring in the left.
You yourself have been singing the praises of Democrats campaigning on a $15 minimum wage. And federal minimum wage increases are part of the current DNC platform, with a specific $15 minimum wage being pushed by many DNC members and included in multiple state platforms.
While the national DNCs inability to find a consistent way to pitch the policies they’re pushing and have been pushing is frustrating. That has no bearing on whether “Russian hacking” is a legitimate issue to be concerned about.
As clear as it was from the start. There’s increasing proof that Putin’s little project put Trump in office. And the way they did that is much broader than hacking. It involved those fake political events. Manipulating social media to boot strap conspiracy and propaganda to the for front of election coverage. Spreading around money through special interest group. Effectively manipulating the same fundamental flaws in American elections and media that you yourself seem pretty concerned about.
Stop aping the right’s witch hunt arguement and persecution complex. Even the far right aren’t head hunting for Russian roots in the left due to their periferal involvement with the left. Because thats all directly tied to their bigger, direct involvement on the right. There’s no national level stomping about “fifth columnists” at left wing counter protests. This particular story is about how facebook can’t stop fucking up in exactly the way they fucked up to enable a very real problem.
