• XKEYSCORE [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    we criticize terrorists for using civilian targets as bases, but somehow this is ok

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    why is the redditor blamed instead of the soldier's bad opsec

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      That was absolutely the initial appeal of reddit to me. It really does a good job of making you feel that way. Now I get to be a part of the SUPER cool SUPER secret internet club 😎 🤓

    • UlyssesT
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      17 days ago

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      • blobjim [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        That's similar to the theme of the most recent Citations Needed as well, but for "independent journalism".

    • FirstToServe [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Reddit gets the blame but that was just a bunch of people speculating. Perez Hilton is the real villain.

      • Theblarglereflargle [any]
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        3 years ago

        Reddit directly created the Sunil Tripathi theory and leaked his family’s info which lead to death threats and anti Muslim attacks on them. (The Tripathi’s weren’t Muslim) all while they were mourning the suicide of Sunil

        Reddit is VERY MUCH in the blame for it. Perez picked up on it because it was tending from other reporters who the Reddit users, all of which talked about sent it to.

        good article on it

  • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    If it were me I simply wouldn't use civilian lives to protect soldiers fighting a rich mans war

    • fed [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      thats literally russian propaganda lol

      straight rip from isreal saying hamas uses human shields

      • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I dunno, official ukraine sources were calling for civilians to try to stop armored vehicles. Which is a bad idea on a level I cannot begin to describe. Things are not going well in that reguard and this seems in keeping with that

        • fed [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          thats calling for civilian to take up arms/aka become combatants / join the militias lol

          • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Which is an exceptionally bad idea. As if it works, all the soldiers now have to worry about any person as a potential threat. Which means alot of civilains are going to get shot for standig too close to something. This is the policy whoever from ukriane wanted, I dunno if they want dead civilians for pictures or what. I am not down though, any possibility I had for sympathy towards the Ukrainian side died with that move.

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              1 year ago

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    • fed [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      100% lol? when the opposition is posting info and you have hundreds if not thousands of ppl online looking for info leaks you are gonna have ppl on reddit lol.

      • Florist [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Oh, I just thought it wouldn't be worth it for them to use reddit with all the astroturfing and whatnot

        • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]M
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          3 years ago

          Reddit might not be the right venue for a Russian propaganda coup, but every piece of combat-related media that gets uploaded is a potential source for intelligence. Learning which units are deployed where, what their armaments are, etc.

    • UlyssesT
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      17 days ago

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