"We're on the alert — even when we read the New York Times — that somebody's always trying to con us."

Ann Althouse writes at Althouse,

...we're on the alert — even when we read the New York Times — that somebody's always trying to con us.

This editorial is doing the very thing it decries, trying to "confuse and anger people about sensitive issues."

What's the point here? That in the future these people might actually accomplish their nefarious plan to publish more posts?? That's the profound threat to national security?

Ann quotes an editorial in the New York Times,

After the election, they continued to spread confusion and chaos, staging rallies both for and against Mr. Trump, in one case on the same day and in the same city.

Ann writes,

This column is continuing to spread confusion and chaos, but I nevertheless persist in keeping my wits about me. I'm not buying it. Just as I don't believe that Hillary Clinton said "Sharia Law will be a powerful new direction of freedom," I don't believe these piddling social media posts and real-world rallies are a profound thread to national security.

So the New York Times is spreading chaos and confusion, just like the Russians?
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