BUSTED: Trump-loving comment trolls pose as Sanders and Clinton supporters to divide Democrats

[still_one]

"An Internet troll who claims to have found deep divisions among factions of the Left on Twitter laid out a plan Saturday for fellow Donald Trump supporters to exploit those fissures.

Posting on the sometimes-dubious message board 4chan, the anonymous poster wrote a post entitled, “Let’s troll Bernie and Hillary supporters systematically,” where the writer says he/she posed as a Democratic voter and trolled supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in an effort to deepen divisions and help Trump secure a victory in November.

“We need to take advantage of this. This is Trump’s gift,” the 4chan troll wrote. “If we’re serious about a Trump presidency we need to start infiltrating their conversations in order to sow more divison (sic). I’m talking systematic and long-term /mischief/, not just a hew minutes trolling dumbass SJW’s. Look at the chaos and damage I was able to make yesterday, just one person, with no real rudeness in my replies. Imagine that writ large: My account is @realJohnMilIer.”

“SJW” stands for “social justice warrior.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/busted-trump-loving-comment-trolls-pose-as-sanders-and-clinton-supporters-to-divide-democrats/

[ibegurpard]

1. of course there are

There are also real divisions. They wouldn't be effective if there weren't .

[hellofromreddit]

2. That's why all this judging of supporters is stupid. Judge the politicians.

Like DWS's blatant corruption and division.

[ZombieHorde]

3. I very much agree. nt

[Cal Carpenter]

14. I don't know anyone in real life who is actually, or claiming to

base their support of a candidate on the behavior of supporters of the other.
In fact, in real life, I hear much more talk about policy than I do about the candidates' personalities, or all the shit about supporters that causes flamewars here or whatever.

With one or two exceptions, I almost never hear anyone talk about 'liking' this candidate or 'hating' that one, either.

Only on DU, and I'm guessing elsewhere online.

But real face-to-face interaction? Nope. And I deal with the public a lot, mostly people who would identify as Dems, and politics comes up often.

[MineralMan]

4. NO! Say it isn't so...

[liberalnarb]

5. What a douche. This is why we should take everything, especially on social media,

with a fat grain of salt.

[Shandris]

6. Anyone who finds this revelatory really needs a new hobby.

This type of stuff has been reposted in Trump General threads for months. Just finding out now is inexcusably ignorant of reality. I mean seriously. It takes a few hours to penetrate the outer language, a month or so for the inner, and then a few minutes a day to brush up. Granted, you'll need an incredibly strong stomach.

[wildeyed]

7. Remember that seventhson troll from 2004?

GOP troll who infiltrated himself into the DU community during the election to spread disinformation and upset, then did a big reveal on election night?

Too many trolls, lol.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=88931&mesg_id=88933

Here is a beauty. Look familiar? Gawd, people are STILL so gullible.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=316123&mesg_id=316123

The first one I found when I searched the screen name was blm doing mighty battle against the troll

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=157573&mesg_id=161805

[QC]

8. I will never forget the Haitian manboob conspiracy. n/t

[wildeyed]

9. Who could forget manboobs?

It IS interesting to go back and see who was high fiving that guy left and right....

[QC]

10. He had many admirers, as did OMC, another successful troll. n/t

[wildeyed]

11. I was still new and have never been good at keeping

up with the drama. But after doing that search, all I can say is the more things change, the more they stay the same.

You gotta give the guy points for originality. Haitian manboobs

[QC]

12. Haitian Manboob Conspiracy would be a great band name. n/t

[wildeyed]

13. Epic