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northernsouthern

(1,511 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:35 PM Apr 2016

There are Bros4Hillary?

Some of the efforts stemmed from some individuals in a Facebook group called Bros4Hillary. In the group, one person made a public post that included a screenshot of the above photo with a comment that there was a “mole” in the group. The group then went private, in part because the members’ posts weren’t condoned, as the group’s political director says in a statement below.





http://heavy.com/news/2016/04/bernie-sanders-facebook-groups-removed-banned-deleted-why-hillary-clinton-attack-censorship-which/


So Change the record has started silencing the Bernie supporters on Facebook?



http://brosforhillary.org/
https://twitter.com/brosforhillary
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There are Bros4Hillary? (Original Post) northernsouthern Apr 2016 OP
There are Bros4Hillary? jmousso75 Apr 2016 #1
There have always been Bros4Hillary... dchill Apr 2016 #3
They will instant block in groups (was was blocked my first day here) northernsouthern Apr 2016 #5
Disgusting. Punkingal Apr 2016 #2
This has been debunked. athena Apr 2016 #4
Nope. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #6
NO. Punkingal Apr 2016 #7
Did you even read the link you're posting? athena Apr 2016 #8
Daily beast is connected with Clintons, Chelsea is on the Board. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #9
It is a news, reporting, and opinion journal. athena Apr 2016 #10
Yes. Punkingal Apr 2016 #11
 

jmousso75

(71 posts)
1. There are Bros4Hillary?
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:46 PM
Apr 2016

I'm shocked your post isn't being blocked. I was blocked from HRC thread when responded to a blocked thread.....go figure

 

northernsouthern

(1,511 posts)
5. They will instant block in groups (was was blocked my first day here)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:53 PM
Apr 2016

but try to not talk about it directly, meta posts get blocked per DU, so best to avoid. This post is very good on it though...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1841691

athena

(4,187 posts)
8. Did you even read the link you're posting?
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:06 PM
Apr 2016

It is in direct contradiction with the OP's claims:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bros4hillary/permalink/1740610886160594/

Last night, a former member by the name of Casey Champagne decided to engage in harassing behavior toward Facebook groups of Bernie Sanders and posted about it in the B4H Facebook group. As stated above, this was not promoted or supported by the leadership of B4H, nor were we immediately aware of this conduct. We removed the offending posts and member as soon as possible. While our leadership team of administrators tries to catch every questionable post and comment, with over 7,000 members and on a 24-hour posting cycle, some fall through the cracks. We rely on members to "flag and report" harmful, offensive, or trolling behavior, and apologize to the groups that were affected. This member acted on his own authority, is not a part of our leadership team, and does not represent our ideals or our opinions.

To wit: Bros4Hillary is NOT defunct, as reported today by the DailyKos. We temporarily changed our privacy settings after being flooded by online attacks from external members who were upset by Mr. Champagne's behavior. We will go "live" again shortly and are excited about what is to come. We are growing every day. Our members have made over 20,000 calls across the United States, raised thousands of dollars, and are now apart of creating a ground campaign in California. We thank all of our members for their incredible contributions and regret that the actions of a few would spoil the work of the many.


Moreover, Champagne may have bragged about stuff, but the Daily Beast reported that technical issues were behind the problems that Sanders supporters blamed on the Clinton campaign:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/26/an-elaborate-hillary-clinton-facebook-conspiracy-with-coordinated-attacks-and-porn-no-just-a-glitch.html
But Facebook—and now even the affected pro-Sanders groups themselves—say that the real problem was merely a database error that affected more pages than just Sanders-leaning community pages.
 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
9. Daily beast is connected with Clintons, Chelsea is on the Board.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:29 PM
Apr 2016

No doubt they're in damage control mode, but their statements are pure spin.

athena

(4,187 posts)
10. It is a news, reporting, and opinion journal.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:30 PM
Apr 2016

If you don't believe them, please provide evidence from an equally reputable source debunking them.

You can't just dismiss evidence that doesn't support your position by accusing the source of bias.

Moreover, even your own link disagrees with your own claim, as I pointed out earlier.

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