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by thinkingemote 807 days ago
Its possible the adversary was behind or at least encouraged the dog piling who berated him. Probably a normal basic tactic from a funded evil team playbook.

Might be worth reviewing those who berated him to see if they resolve to real people, to see how deep this operation goes.

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This has been investigated and the conclusion is IMO clear: the dogpilling accounts were part of the operation. See the parts about Jigar Kumar in this link: https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdo...
One of them who left only one comment does, the rest are sock puppets.