[humblegunner]

I like to think that Free Republic is important enough to merit a few enemy agents

Could be.

I don't think being skeptical of Powell and Krakens is necessarily
a rock solid indicator that someone is an enemy agent though.

Believe it or not, folks can have opinions all by themselves.
Almost organically even.

[EasySt]

”Believe it or not, folks can have opinions all by themselves.
Almost organically even.”

The trick is in determining which of those are informed by research,
and which are the more common organically programmed mushroom kind.

Since making such a determination effectively, itself requires research, those
that won’t even go that far, may find themselves seriously handicapped.

Unless they already know everything, of course... ;-)

~Easy

[EasySt]

”... I don't think being skeptical of Powell and Krakens is necessarily
a rock solid indicator that someone is an enemy agent though.”

Certainly not. Being highly skeptical of Powell, though, does imply a lack of research.

Skepticism not followed up with research is common enough to be useful.

Useful idiots don’t need to KNOW that they are enemy agents, to BE
effective enemy agents.

They just have to be adequately programmed useful idiots.

They are easy to spot. No stinking lists needed.

Now, promoting enemy lists here, just MIGHT be an enemy agent tactic...

~Easy

[EasySt]

We didn’t catch on, even though we knew “Kansas” was Pompeo...

~Easy