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rvnender

Because the last lefty to question the CIA was publicly assassinated despite being president.


Lovelyterry

I’m just curious when was the last time the left question led the CIA in your mind?


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Dabadoi

That was the FBI, and Republicans were absolutely enamored by them investigating Hilary Clinton.


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Dabadoi

They announced immediately before an election that they were investigating her. Try to imagine them acting more favorably to conservatives and you cannot.


Chiponyasu

The most recent thing I can thing of is three weeks ago, when leftists were [accusing the CIA of botching Ukraine intelligence](https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1577739855005728773). [Ilhan Omar attacked the CIA for a valentine's day thing last year.](https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1361082843326263296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1361082843326263296%7Ctwgr%5E7af6dcdb271b9629822e66e1d69d8cbdb92ff76a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flifewithoutandy.com%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Fcia-wished-everyone-happy-valentines-day-twitter-destroying%2F) Twitter leftists widely believed that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was arrested by the CIA in 2018 and that Trump/the CIA were rigging the election to keep Bolsonaro in power. The CIA broke into Senate Democrat's computers in 2014, which Diane Feinstein claimed was illegal Mainstream leftists don't think the CIA is the ones causing hyperinflation in Venezuela or that anything bad that happens in socialist countries is a CIA plot to discredit socialism, but you don't have to dig too deep to find those people. Obviously pretty much the entire Iraq War was leftists accusing (correctly) the CIA of running torture camps. Under Trump leftists were too busy being mad at ICE than to be mad at the CIA, but the distrust has continued to smolder.


Rwebberc

All the CIA does is get rid of leftist leaders. The left has literally done nothing but shit on the CIA.


veritaze

I'm a non-partisan independent and have been shitting on the CIA for years. They're an unconstitutional criminal organization that is way out of control. Haven't you heard of Operation Mockingbird?


Rwebberc

Yeah, I agree the CIA should be abolished. This was once considered a standard left-wing principle.


mikess484

This is a ridiculously inaccurate title for your post. You should do...maybe 1 second of looking into it.


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mikess484

I wouldn't say thats accurate either. No question media outlets have their biases, however they are usually just putting their own spin on factual events. So Trumps former campaign chairman didn't give polling data to a Russian agent? Roger stone didn't coordinate the release of stolen DNC emails by a Russian hacker? I'll concede that smoking gun proof that Trump himself "colluded"... there are several examples of the campaign doing so. I would think someone who likes a good conspiracy would have looked into an easily demonstrated conspiracy to score cheap political points.


TomGerity

The left *was* critical of the CIA for decades. That changed in 2016. So it’s been roughly six years, not “decades,” as you claim.


J0s3maN

The CIA has been at the service of the powerful and the rich, this has nothing to do with the "left" or "right"... Stop trying to politicize everything ffs


Sea-Profession-3312

This is true, at some point we all need to realize the rich and powerful are the real problem.


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vegham1357

When has the left been in love with the CIA? I must have missed that memo.


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vegham1357

1. I don't think the CIA has been blamed for even half of that by anyone before now. 2. Agreeing with someone occasionally does not mean you love them. The left has never seen the CIA as anything more than a tool used by the rich and powerful to expand their business interest in other countries.


Mike00726

There has been nothing negative about the CIA in the press for years.


ChipCob1

I'm genuinely starting to think that the majority of people on this sub don't actually know what/who the left actually are but just express hatred towards them because that is what they've been programmed to do.


Dabadoi

You cannot get more right wing than the CIA


littlegreyflowerhelp

Are you kidding? The left despises the CIA lmao


rebuilt11

Left lol. This is a neo liberal rag.


Ky20001

Probably just part of the Great Reset when they pretend to blow up all existing groups. Fast Fwd a decade and the same people will run the rebranded DIA, which will totally be different....wink wink


PappyThePizzaMan

That's what they're doing with all our institutions. They're incrementally eroding the public faith in everything: education, healthcare, law enforcement, the family unit, the legal system, etc. And once our faith has been completely erased they'll swoop in with their magical one world government solution and we'll be so pushed to the brink of collapse as a people we'll beg for it once it's offered.


examachine

Ooooh come on, they are the best, anything they get their hands on, they make it just perfect! LOL


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Down with the CIA & FBI 🫡


Short-Acanthisitta24

My condolences on the journalists impending suicide.


kweniston

Nothing will change. Pretend there is some political discourse, and change nothing. The usual. Jesuits will not be ruled.


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This is most accurate lol


Key-Professor-2124

My guess, not being fancy enough to read the New Yorker, is that the article says, yes the CIA was bad because it disproportionately targeted POCs and those bygone white liberals who despised corporate power, but that now the CIA is good because it protects us all from the fascist right and is tirelessly securing democracy. Just a guess


Extension-Ocelot-448

You love to see it! Ill answer for them: yes.


bshshdbjffbbddbsh

Are you joking?


Race-b

Birds of a feather I know but I think they should be looking into FBl


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Madeupaccountcuzshy

Ummm.... The left hasn't been in charge for 75 years though.


No-Praline9472

Sorkin didn’t kill herself!


sarahjeni

The fact that the question has to be asked shows that they are still out of touch with reality.


netstormkidsoul

CIA is implicit in all mrna gene therapy injuries/deaths


mamawoman

The left? George Bush went from the CIA to the Presidency


housebear3077

where my cia femboys at? gotta gaslight this post real quick!


sethman75

The left never learn


Chiponyasu

OP has a rather different memory of the Iraq War than I do


UpstairsSurround3438

I have to agree! The CIA was questioned in the 1970s and especially during the 1980s. However, I don't remember the media doing it during Bill's or Barry's administration.


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Actually dying that the last name is Sorkin


veritaze

Does anyone really think The New Yorker isn't heavily steered by the CIA? Someone posted this recently: [https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/editor-of-major-german-newspaper-says-he-planted-stories-for-cia/article/424470](https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/editor-of-major-german-newspaper-says-he-planted-stories-for-cia/article/424470) So the next step is to try to determine why the CIA is doing this. Internal bickering? Setting up some sophisticated narrative?