Training Tea Party Activists In Guerilla Internet Tactics - BUSTED!

[SecularMotion]

[Robb]

1. "Make no distinctions about it!"

"80% of the books I put a star on, I don't read!"

... Clearly.

[Plucketeer]

18. I'm having a problem with his directive...

"They were activists then - you are activists now - make no distinction about it!" Wait a minute! Isn't he telling them that what he just said is not for them to believe??? My head hurts.

[Buzz Clik]

27. I love idiots who brag about being uninformed.

"Hell, if I don't read it, it don't exist! Am I right?"

[mazzarro]

2. So - we'll do the same

Throw their BS back at them - we should go to their sites and crap-rate their stupid books as well. Though their books are mostly fantasy based, still we must go toe-to-toe with them!

[Pryderi]

6. They also have paid teams of people editing wikipedia articles. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

28. Do you have an example of a wikipedia article that contains false information with a right slant?

That would be good to know!

[zeemike]

7. Good idea but.

they have millions of dollars to spend to control the message and we have shit..
Who is going to hire some big buses and pay some people to go around training activists to do this?
Besides they can keep us so busy defending ourselves (and dealing with the trolls they create) that we don't have time to actively work against them.
Our problem is that they can buy what they want...politicians, and all...and can control the message....and they do.

[raouldukelives]

13. And its double sad that many of those millions come from our side.

As long as the pay is good, you can find people to support anything.

[life long demo]

3. Hmmm! I didn't know they could read. lol

[MynameisBlarney]

4. I try to avoid using the following adjectives

but what a bunch of stupid fascist fucktards.

[Pryderi]

5. I own the Astroturf wars DVD. Very good documentary. n/t

[Janecita]

8. What a freaking punk!!!

And his use of the word guerrilla is truly laughable. As the grandaughter of a Sierra Maestra fighter, it drives me nuts when idiots, like this dude, use words that they don't even know the meaning of, to explain their childish political shenanigans!!!

[DollarBillHines]

31. Did he pronounce it like "gorilla"?

That always cracks me up.

Viva tu Abuelo!

[Janecita]

34. Mi abuelo

Was super awesome!! The way that they say Guevara is even worse! Sounds like they are talking about testicles Poor Che!

[skypilot]

9. Fucking loser.

*

[gtar100]

10. More proof that they have to deceive in order to win.

They have a problem with their books and movies because they are nonsense, not because of some liberal conspiracy.

I've got a radical idea for these radical modern patriots. If they want to win people over, come up with solutions that actually fix problems and make people's lives better.

But they can't come up with good ideas for addressing economic and social problems. It's not their objective to actually help people (even if that help is to show how to grip bootstraps better). So instead, they spend millions of dollars on misinformation and muddying the waters.

This is truly a shameful activity this young man was involved in. Similar to something Thomm Hartman reported about conservative "think" tanks literally rewriting Wikipedia.

Wasn't one of the names for the devil "Deceiver"?

[JaneyVee]

11. Gee, I wonder how many of our founders gave the Constitution a 1 star rating on Amazon w/o

reading it?

[AllyCat]

17. yeah that

[mountain grammy]

12. they're doing this because the propaganda that's been

shoved at us since the election of St. Ronnie is no longer working. People are beginning to understand that the "trickle down" supply side economics really is voodoo economics and only works for the rich. Fox news is losing ratings and they are nervous. Obama's no FDR, but he's too close for comfort for the billionaires running the show. The only reason they still have the House is because of fraud and deceit and they know it. It's hard to smear liberals when they're, you know, patriotic Americans like veterans and old ladies like me, and even some wealthy capitalists.
I think this is when the extremists are most dangerous. A dying facist fights even harder, and they sure do have the weapons for it.

[mountain grammy]

14. Looks like a lot of empty seats, must have been a spelling test for admission.

[Heather MC]

36. The Empty seats are for the people who talk to empty chairs

[Sunlei]

15. The 'good guy team' makes them spend billions on paid shills, lollolll :)

They do buy media, own fox-lies, buy messageboards, I think they bought Digg not to long ago,they slap-suit people to shut them up, remove comment sections from the media they buy. They buy their own books using campaign money to make a "Pretend-best seller", write their own science 'reports' and spam emails full of lies.

This costs them billions to support paid propaganda campaigns.

I like the way the internet is the big equaliser and a lot of 'we the people' work free.

Good thing they can't exterminate their 'political enemy or they would.

[NinetySix]

16. Huzzah for intellectual dishonesty!

Just like the Founding Fathers!

I'll bet if Jefferson could have gone to Amazon.com and given five stars to Thomas Paine's "The Crisis," he would have done exactly that...WITHOUT EVEN READING IT!

Who needs reason? Who needs to resort to the difficult work of fashioning persuasive, logically valid arguments to support a political position; and in this fast-paced modern world, who has the time?! Thank God we can just click our way to unreasoned popular consensus!

Now what we really need is a good, strong, charismatic demagogue to do all our thinkin' for us....

[AtheistCrusader]

19. I thought these clowns liked free markets?

Guess not, fucking around with ratings and reviews for non-market purposes.

[vaberella]

22. Uh...That's why they love it.

It's free market with little regulation. Little regulation means massive misuse and manipulation of the market to suit your needs. I remember playing on the Star Trek Wallstreet games...by developing friendship with guys who controlled the market I was able to extinct doom. It teaches you how the real world works.

Just so you believe me...I found a stray article on the premise of the game: http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2006/03/08/g4-makes-star-trek-interactive/

[blackspade]

20. Damn.

'Give our ideas a fighting chance'

No. I don't think so. Your ideas suck.

[Downtown Hound]

21. I love how he's basically admitting that without intellectual dishonesty

his ideas wouldn't have a fighting chance. There's a reason for that asshole. It's because your ideas suck.

[Dawson Leery]

23. They get paid for their services.

Ever wonder why sites are loaded with teaklan nonsense? This is why.

[Downtown Hound]

33. Actually, yes.

I've always wondered why youtube and amazon seem to be crawling with Teahadists. Some of the commentary on youtube makes Sara Palin look like an accomplished public speaker.

After seeing this video, it makes a lot more sense. It also makes me glad for all the time I've engaged them over the years. It seems like such a waste of time arguing with them, and the truth is, it is, because they're never going to change their minds because all they are paid whores. But it's important not to let them just take over social media.

[reverend_tim]

24. at least the room was only half full

[PA Democrat]

25. I disregard ratings without substantive commentary

or with talking points that do not address the content of the book/ film. In fact, on websites that give you the option of rating comments as helpful or not helpful, I try to take time to give positive ratings to thoughtful comments. This guy is wasting his time with informed consumers.

[dballance]

29. Same Here

If I'm truly interested in a book or movie I'm going to do more than pay attention to the average "stars" rating. I'm going to read both good and bad reviews. So they're not going to dissuade consumers who want to be informed. However, I just wonder how many people out there do just pay attention to the average ratings only.

[arcane1]

26. Kicking for later!

:kick:

[libodem]

30. Poison Pen Presses

Evil, calculating, deceptive, wrong.

[patrice]

32. EXPLOITERS 'r' "us".

[Heather MC]

35. Do people pay for this???

I mean seriously do they think people live there life based on what some anonymous person thought about book?

I can't tell you how many Netflix movies I have watched and enjoyed in spite the dreaded 1 or two start rating LOL

How said he has nothing better to do, but I feel even more sorry for the idiots actually listening to him. their lives must be pathetic

[Dj13Francis]

37. Why is it

that I've got an overwhelming urge to punch this assclown right in his stupid face?

[Mkap]

38. ohh wow

So what the hell is the one word per slide powerpoint for??.....just so you don't have to look at the assclown talking?

[thinkerman]

39. Two ironies: neither truly American, nor a majority

The first irony is that what American Majority stands for is fundamentally anti-American in that it subverts the first requirement of democracy: an informed citizenry. Not a propagandized citizenry, not a bought and paid for citizenry, but a thoughtfully engaged citizenry.

The second irony is, these guys in the American Majority are in the minority. Polls show most Americans are actually liberal.

Certainly a majority of Americans would deplore these tactics, and would support fair and honest debate over this kind of intellectual dishonesty which seeks to gain influence through trickery and cheating the system. These are people who know their message can't stand on its merits, so they morally degrade themselves to seek power through duplicity.

One is tempted to respond in kind, but we don't have this mentality and shouldn't learn it. We should however compete through greater cooperation and relentlessly promoting truth. In the long run, truth will win out. Well, usually.