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In the neocon-led discourse after 9/11, anyone questioning the USG was deemed a traitor. The episode that most angered liberals was @sullydish's use of "Fifth Column": he apologized many times. So of course this term is back, with "journalists" cheering this noxious thread: — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Troy 🌻 @davetroy

1/We are now seeing the term “Fifth Column” replace terms like “Russian asset” and “Russian agent.” This reflects a… https://t.co/VnPS9eaHtz

Posted March 18, 2022 Hibernated

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For decades in Western discourse, the phrases "the international community" and "the civilized world" always meant: "the US, its English-speaking allies, Western Europe and whichever other countries happen to agree with the U.S. at any given moment." That's what it still means. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's an NBC reporter, @MarcACaputo, endorsing this "Fifth Column" thread and adding his own McCarthyite term to it. Just as it's so twisted that journalists now *lead* the campaign for censorship, they want from being targets of patriotism witch hunts to leading perpetrators. https://t.co/lHizMCeTrJ — PolitiTweet.org

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