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"They appeal to emotion rather than rationality, and while their messaging is equal parts ludicrous and disturbing to the rest of us, it wins an audience," writes Richard Fern in The Conversation UK on how online propagandists persuaded UK communities to riot this weekend. https://lnkd.in/eHdBNvYF
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