But she accused the Russian President of exploiting the error by the former Speaker, who had apologized and resigned after the incident, for propaganda purposes.

“We can’t change the fact that he made that mistake. We can, though, all of us decide how effective Vladimir Putin is at weaponizing that mistake,” she said. “And I would really urge all of us to understand that Russian propaganda is real.”

![brainworms](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/99832a04-92c8-4765-9a52-aecd28086cef.png "emoji brainworms") Yes, the thing we did BY MISTAKE supports the claims made by our adversary, BUT its up to all of us to be dismissive of these claims, because they make my Uncles very upset

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[–] beautiful_boater@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How easily could we see this coming. Just for context, her grandfather is Mikhail Chomiak who was head of Nazi propaganda for Eastern Europe and reported directly to Joseph Goebbels. She was on record saying that her grandfather inspired her to get into politics and her politics were inspired by his. Which became a controversy in 2016/2017 when it became public knowledge that her grandfather was a Nazi. She refused to apologize or even give a disingenuous denouncement of her grandfather. Instead the issue is that, even though she praised her Nazi grandfather, said her politics was informed by his, and refuse to denounce him, the fact that you know about her Nazi grandfather is due to Russian Disinformatzia. So even though it is all true, if your opinion of Chrystia Freeland is negatively impacted or you continue remembering this, or continue reporting on it, you are helping Putin!

I am certain that Trudeau, after sort of, half-heartedly, apologizing for praising a Nazi, saying that the real issue is Russian Disinformatzia causing you to think less of the Canadian government or Canadian liberals, due to this, was due to Chrystia Freeland.

[–] heartheartbreak@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

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