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The R-C-M-P has warned the federal public safety minister the police force has “resourcing challenges” when it comes to tackling the threat of foreign interference.

The concern arises as the Mounties and other federal security agencies face pressure from diaspora communities to do more to counter meddling and transnational repression by such countries as China, Russia, Iran and India.

    • randomname@scribe.disroot.orgOP
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      4 days ago

      “Whataboutism” or “whataboutery” (as in, “but what about X?”) refers to the propaganda strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of offering an explanation or defense against the original accusation.

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        4 days ago

        Ewwwwwwwwwww. It’s okay to say the US is definitely interfering, and honestly, fuck them for that.

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        4 days ago

        The propaganda technique? Lol, the irony of this coming from an account with 850 posts in 7 months seemingly non-stop driving the same agenda.

        Funnily enough, whataboutism is exactly the same accusation Hotznplotzn brought up in the last thread on this type of topic where we interacted a few days ago, Hotznplotzn being another account created 7 months ago with 3,200 posts in that time also driving the same agenda.

        Almost like you guys are reading from the same manual.

        Accusations of “whataboutism” get thrown around by people taking a particular approach any time someone raises a point that isn’t just expanding on the specific focus the accuser wants the interaction to stay on.

        So, keep your accusations of “propaganda strategy” for yourself and let some people who aren’t driving an agenda have a normal interaction.