THERE is no post on the Hill's site or twitter stating RBG has died. We've been trolled!

[hlthe2b]

THat LBN thread links to a 404 error site! The poster has been tombstoned.

I hate that we were trolled but I am just grateful that RBG is with us!

***Let's turn this into a gratitude thread instead for the wonderful Ruth Bader Ginsburg! ***

[elleng]

1. (hlthe2b)

[questionseverything]

2. i hope so

are u sure?

[hlthe2b]

10. I've searched all over. This was bogus to troll us. But show your gratitude to RBG instead!

[uppityperson]

3. Thanks MIRT, for acting so fast.

[alittlelark]

24. Glad the troll is gone.

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[lunasun]

36. Thank you for your work here

[backtoblue]

57. Good job!

[uppityperson]

61. Congratulations! It's eye opening, seeing behind the scenes, isn't it?

[LiberalFighter]

69. Too bad there isn't a way to really (in real life) tombstone trolls like that.

Too many bad people in this world.

[mopinko]

4. yeah, i'm fb friends w her son. he hasnt posted about it, and i know he would.

what a shit thing to do.

[BlueMTexpat]

5. Thank heavens!

I nearly had a heart attack at the news!

Please stay with us a little longer, RBG!!! Please!!!

[likesmountains 52]

6. WTF? That poster is a sick individual.

[rustysgurl]

7. Thank you ... n/t

[onecaliberal]

8. Omg please let this be true that RBG is with us.

[FM123]

9. Thank you!

[Leith]

11. I couldn't find corroboration, either

Typical reichwinger: the troll thought that we would just accept the news without verifying. Idjit didn't know that that is precisely what their side does, not ours.

[dweller]

12. yeh i had just posted an

short fuk you post
on it,
and
it was locked, tombstoned and vanished...
good

✌🏼

[Denzil_DC]

13. Yeah, I was called to a jury on that one.

I checked the story out - 404 at the Hill link, no other outlet had it on Google, nothing at all on Twitter.

Once I was ready to vote, when I did so, the message said I wasn't serving on a jury.

Quick work, MIRT!

[hlthe2b]

16. I had done all the above as well and saw it was a newbie with only 22 or so posts, so...

I didn't want to post until sure, but after checking the Hill's twitter feed, I knew for sure.

[Denzil_DC]

20. I didn't get that far.

When I tried to search for the post to see who'd put it up, it was already gone!

[BlueStater]

14. I thought it was suspect when there were ZERO posts about it on this forum.

If she really died, there'd be around a hundred threads about it right away.

[bdamomma]

15. Read the towards the end of this thread

crap I posted that this woman is very much alive.



https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12451422

[bluestarone]

17. THANK GOD!

TY too!

[rurallib]

18. thank you - now I can sleep tonight

Knowing Ginsburg is on guard!

[Me.]

19. I AM SO DAMNED FURIOUS &.... RELIEVED

God bless her and her lovely life

[hlthe2b]

22. The relief is overwhelming me. I can't even sustain anger at the troll I am so relieved.

[Me.]

34. ....

The relief takes focus but oh how I'd like to....well you know. After I read it I googled...nothing, I wondered why they hadn't interrupted Rachel and came back here and saw this wonderful lifegiving, happiness making thread.

[hlthe2b]

31. Dennis. It was a troll who came here specifically to post it in LBN.

[Dennis Donovan]

37. ...but regular DUers went to GD and posted responses

...since removed, but, FFS, go to google and confirm!

[hlthe2b]

40. I immediately posted this as soon as I'd confirmed and saw the poster was indeed a troll.

All I saw was the LBN thread, as I immediately posted after confirming this was bogus and MIRT stepped in almost immediately to ban him. In reality, this was halted as quickly as I think possible.

Those who posted in that original LBN post were really expressing a kneejerk shock, which is quite normal.

[Dennis Donovan]

42. Thank you, my friend!

[hlthe2b]

46. back at ya!

[Me.]

58. ...

[still_one]

43. That is the problem, it got into LBN, and it takes at least a little time to sort things out, but

something like that, I would think would hit us a lot of us emotionally first before we had time to check it out

[Suburban Warrior]

21. If it's not on Twitter...

...it didn't happen.

[yellowcanine]

23. Keep in mind that any news like that would come from SCOTUS.

When Scalia died SCOTUS announced it. So chill folks.

[hlthe2b]

28. Officially yes. It is not out the question that someone at the hospital would leak though.

The troll did create a fairly believable scenario and it is not out of the question that someone on Capitol Hill would find out quickly, particularly given the attitudes of the RW.

[Brainfodder]

25. Celebrating RBG!

Tension lifted.

[Desert Dem]

27. I got trolled so bad!

I didn’t realize how fragile I was.

[still_one]

44. same here

[Mersky]

29. I saw that

Am still shaking it off.

[Mersky]

47. Will listen again to a favorite bit about RBG

Radiolab's More Perfect podcast episode, 'Sex Appeal'

She is loved, and her life's work is invaluable to me.

[greatauntoftriplets]

30. She spoke at the University of Chicago today.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-ruth-bader-ginsburg-university-of-chicago-20190909-t2ad3nlelbholccapjon4qhqma-story.html

The member who posted that has been banned.

Thank the gods!

[still_one]

32. THANK-YOU. I completely lost it there for a moment!!!! Justice Ginsburg Thank-you for being there

[Me.]

35. ...

[still_one]

39. ....................................

[Miles Archer]

33. I fucking hate that shit.

What kind of a loser piece of shit thinks that's a good way to spend their time?

Yet another by-product of the troll-in-chief. Probably did it to "win his favor."

[Desert Dem]

38. Coincided

with his MAGA rally.

[hlthe2b]

41. Yup... There are no coincidences.

[warmfeet]

45. I did not hear of this.

Anyway, we need as many more, just like her, as we can get. I am extremely grateful for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Did I say we need as many RBG's as we can get.

[marble falls]

48. Trolled or a mistake? Maybe he was trolled himelf?

[hlthe2b]

50. Newbie come here just to post that? Total post count 22. I checked thehill.com and their twitter

IMMEDIATELY, using both the link he provided and doing an immediate search. There was NOTHING on their twitter feed and the article linked to a dead 404 page.

So, no. I'm not buying this was not intentional for a moment.

[marble falls]

52. After 22 posts he didn't join just to drop this ...

the whole thing was over in about 8 minutes, not enough to catch and self delete.

[hlthe2b]

53. He didn't self-delete. MIRT banned him and deleted his oP.

[bluestarone]

51. Kinda agree

Seems like the news outlets had it too? If it were a troll, how did news services get the same story? Kinda weird to me.

[hlthe2b]

54. There was NOTHING on google except her travel to a speech in Ohio. I know this because I literally

did the search as soon as the LBN post appeared (and you can prove this, since I was the first respondent).

Another poster suggests that a chyron on Fox had it, but I'm not sure he is really saying he saw it or not.

I think there is a lot of fable-creating going on now. It is hard to believe we were targeted for trolling, but it has happened before as any long-term poster knows.

[bluestarone]

59. Should have been checked out for sure BEFORE posting.

I'm just seeing that other news sites withdrew the story. THAT's what got me wondering. Just gotta wait until whole story is cleared up! Anyway TY you made my night, because i thought i was going to flip out!!

[hlthe2b]

60. I did NOT post it. I posted the correction. We were trolled with the LBN post.

I immediately posted this as soon as I'd confirmed and saw the poster was indeed a troll.

All I saw was the LBN thread, as I immediately posted after confirming this was bogus and MIRT stepped in almost immediately to ban him. In reality, this was halted as quickly as I think possible.

Those who posted in that original LBN post were really expressing a kneejerk shock, which is quite normal.

[bluestarone]

62. I ment HE should have check out the story BEFORE HE posted!

NOT blaming you at all sorry for the confusion!

[hlthe2b]

63. thanks for clarifying.

[bluestarone]

64. You are very welcome!

I consider you one of the best!!

[hlthe2b]

65. ...

[Initech]

49. Fuck the trolls!

🖕🖕🖕🖕

[still_one]

56. ++++++

[Mrs. Overall]

55. I saw on Twitter earlier this afternoon that RBG gave a talk today at the University of Chicago.

The crowd loved her!

[lastlib]

66. Long Live the notorious RBG!!!

I --- --- RBG!!

[johnp3907]

67. I noticed that person yesterday.

I was wondering how they even lasted as long as they did with a confederate flag profile pic.

[secondwind]

68. God bless and keep Justice Ginsburg!!