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by FFRefresh 1516 days ago
I'm not even sure what 'puppets for Putin' means? Or puppets for anything would really mean.

Are they having zoom chats with Putin, and he's telling them what to tweet/say, and then they are doing exactly as he directs? Or is there a different arrangement?

I'm assuming that being critical of the US military & security complex is your evidence of being a puppet for Putin? Since Putin also is critical of the US military & security complex, therefore criticizing the US = puppeting for Putin?

If I have this wrong, please do correct me.

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> Are they having zoom chats with Putin, and he's telling them what to tweet/say, and then they are doing exactly as he directs?

would that be enough to convince you?

Yes, that would be, as that would align with my fuzzy idea of someone being a 'puppet' for someone else.

To repeat my question one last time of how you determine the 'Putin puppetness' of someone:

> I'm assuming that being critical of the US military & security complex is your evidence of being a puppet for Putin? Since Putin also is critical of the US military & security complex, therefore criticizing the US = puppeting for Putin?

If I have this wrong, please do correct me.