Fri Nov 6, 2015, 12:14 PM

Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)

Confessions from a Hillary Shill

Good afternoon. As of today, I am officially a former "digital media specialist" (a nice way to say "paid Internet troll"

previously employed by Hillary Clinton's campaign (through a PR firm). I'm posting here today as a confession of sorts because I can no longer continue to participate in something that has become morally-indigestible for me.

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The real problem for me started around the end of September and the beginning of October, when there was a change of direction from the team leader again. Apparently, the higher-ups in the firm caught wind of an impending spending splurge by the Clinton campaign that month and wanted to put up an impressive display. We received very specific instructions about how and what to post, and I was aghast at what I saw. It was a complete change in tone and approach, and it was extremely nasty in character. We changed from advocates to hatchet men, and it left a very bad taste in my mouth.

Just to give you an idea, here are some of the guidelines for our posting in October:

1) Sexism. This was the biggest one we were supposed to push. We had to smear Bernie as misogynistic and out-of-touch with modern sensibilities. He was to be characterized as "an old white male relic that believed women enjoyed being gang raped". Anyone who tried to object to this characterization would be repeatedly slammed as sexist until they went away or people lost interest.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/3rncq9/confession_of_hillary_shill_from/

The rest of the list will sound eerily familiar.

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342 replies	Author	Time	Post
Confessions from a Hillary Shill (Original post)	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2015	OP
of course	ibegurpard	Nov 2015	#1
Oh well that makes it alright then...	HerbChestnut	Nov 2015	#67
Well ... It OP is taken from the "Conspiracy" forum. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2015	#138
Troll for Billary	waldo.c	Nov 2015	#186
This message was self-deleted by its author	MyNameGoesHere	Nov 2015	#202
and furthermore	waldo.c	Nov 2015	#211
Holy fuck! From your link:	Unknown Beatle	Nov 2015	#239
+1,000,000 nt.	polly7	Nov 2015	#240
Copying link in case something happens to the post you're responding to	Catherina	Nov 2015	#284
Didn't you read the title? Were talking Shillary!	paul ofnoclique	Nov 2015	#266
I wonder how many of those Billary's	INdemo	Nov 2015	#285
"Scripts to follow", that's the way the Corporate Republicans work, isn't it? The orders	Cal33	Nov 2015	#291
Of course they are following a script .	TheFarS1de	Nov 2015	#330
cool I like that	INdemo	Nov 2015	#339
This is so typical in the PR world...	CoffeeCat	Nov 2015	#245
It's huge on gaming forums	ibegurpard	Nov 2015	#263
Oooh!	underpants	Nov 2015	#2
. . .	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2015	#3
I think paid trolls are an urban legend	Kalidurga	Nov 2015	#254
so you think otherwise now, I hope?	Fast Walker 52	Nov 2015	#288
Who needed this to recognize the paid for talking points?	sabrina 1	Nov 2015	#290
It seems Republicans pay many to post in forums. Many years ago I was new to the computer,	Cal33	Nov 2015	#296
Right? Scootch over!	Bubzer	Nov 2015	#98
LOL. Wonder how much Bernie paid this guy to post this.	DanTex	Nov 2015	#4
LOL!	merrily	Nov 2015	#7
I doubt he had to be paid, I'm sure he just took it upon himself.	ToxMarz	Nov 2015	#34
!	Fuddnik	Nov 2015	#53
Nothing he made the story up for giggles and grins	Tommy2Tone	Nov 2015	#83
Nice try but when you side with the billionaires that can buy anything they want, you	rhett o rick	Nov 2015	#112
The Koch brothers must be trying to help Bernie, because they're already running Hillary attack ads.	pnwmom	Nov 2015	#230
The Koch brothers are good friends of the Bush Crime Family. Of course the	rhett o rick	Nov 2015	#232
They're helping Bernie right now. They must like him more than Hillary.	pnwmom	Nov 2015	#233
You need to ask that in the Bernie Group.	JoePhilly	Nov 2015	#161
ROTFLMAOPMP!	RoccoR5955	Nov 2015	#173
What does the "PMP" part of your abbreviation stand for? nt	tblue37	Nov 2015	#292
peed my pants! n/t	RoccoR5955	Nov 2015	#316
Thanks--that's a new one for me. nt	tblue37	Nov 2015	#325
Probably nothing. Thinking that everyone else is just like you could be a mistake.	Cal33	Nov 2015	#297
As	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#5
LOL!	merrily	Nov 2015	#8
I am glad you find me entertaining...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#11
I'm glad I find you amusing, too. Smiling and laughing are among my favorite things. Your ageist	merrily	Nov 2015	#30
If I said Hillary Clinton was the sexagenarian senator from NY would I be ageist?	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#36
A descriptor that you made a point of using two posts in a row? As if any DUer needed that	merrily	Nov 2015	#39
I used it for its alliterative effect.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#42
Of course you did. Kick!	merrily	Nov 2015	#43
Please feel free to continue to besmirch my stellar reputation.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#60
LOL! Spotless! You're really on a roll today.	merrily	Nov 2015	#158
Ecclesiastes 7:1	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#178
I never doubted that. The open issue is who has one and who does not.	merrily	Nov 2015	#308
Your conceit just tarnished you. Your reputation is no longer stellar.	cui bono	Nov 2015	#271
Well. You know.	ismnotwasm	Nov 2015	#57
Alliterative effect?	passiveporcupine	Nov 2015	#105
Doesn't have the same alliterative effect.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#111
What would you do without your dictionary and thesaurus?	passiveporcupine	Nov 2015	#123
No need for one...I pulled a 740 on the Verbal portion of the GRE.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#125
This is the first time I've seen you write a sentence	passiveporcupine	Nov 2015	#131
No	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#133
Good for your Mom.	passiveporcupine	Nov 2015	#140
I always felt bad for because she was clearly smart enough to go to college and beyond....	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#141
I'm sorry you lost your mom so young.	passiveporcupine	Nov 2015	#145
And yet, here you are...	bvar22	Nov 2015	#208
That's where you are mistaken	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#209
+1	stonecutter357	Nov 2015	#275
That's all?	merrily	Nov 2015	#320
alliterative effect!	progressoid	Nov 2015	#118
Bazinga!	Divernan	Nov 2015	#277
So if someone called him "the septuagenarian Semitic Senator" that would be even better?	Jim Lane	Nov 2015	#181
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#183
Let me try to explain the logic to you	Jim Lane	Nov 2015	#210
And let me try to explain obscurantism to you.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#213
You have BRILLIANTLY refuted the argument I did not make.	Jim Lane	Nov 2015	#234
Whoa...cool! if a septuagenarian Semitic Senator picked a peck of pickled peppers, how	PatrickforO	Nov 2015	#269
I couldn't count the peppers. I had to watch the wood that the woodchuck was chucking. (n/t)	Jim Lane	Nov 2015	#313
I hear she also pays people to pose as African Americans	Elmer S. E. Dump	Nov 2015	#189
Three points, Mr. Dump, and a question.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#194
Your English comprehension is questionable.	Elmer S. E. Dump	Nov 2015	#196
So you got nothing, figures!	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#197
They will see I made no accusations. You are being silly. They will see that too!	Elmer S. E. Dump	Nov 2015	#199
They will see you were tossing around calumnies...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#203
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2015	#205
I literally couldn't care less what you and your associates think of me.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#207
I saw someone pretending to be black. I spoke out immediately. It was not a Hillary fan.	bravenak	Nov 2015	#221
Two points.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#226
Funniest thing about it?	bravenak	Nov 2015	#227
Please elaborate in private...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#229
I will. Check your pm in a few.	bravenak	Nov 2015	#231
LOL ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2015	#237
It seemed to me the clear implication was that I was trying to masquerade as black.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#242
A couple of posters here come to mind, unfortunately.	PatrickforO	Nov 2015	#270
Riiiight.	merrily	Nov 2015	#310
I got a kick out of your description in post number 5 about your reaction to thinking about	A Simple Game	Nov 2015	#121
I'm septuagenarian and I'm proud.	JDPriestly	Nov 2015	#180
:-D	BlueCaliDem	Nov 2015	#29
You're doing that wrong.	Fuddnik	Nov 2015	#48
ok	merrily	Nov 2015	#54
ohhhhhhhhhhhh..	BrainDrain	Nov 2015	#47
Bernie has of much chance of wresting the nomination from Hillary as I have of wresting the...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#55
Boy, the article in the op was right on!	Elmer S. E. Dump	Nov 2015	#198
I literally couldn't care less what you and your associates think of me.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#201
More Unstoppable?	DaveT	Nov 2015	#84
I am so confident of my assertion that I would literally bet my life on it...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#86
That is not a persuasive answer	DaveT	Nov 2015	#89
Au contraire...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#91
You must be hell in Vegas	DaveT	Nov 2015	#314
Floyd was something like a 1-30 favorite. Berto was like a 60-1 dog...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#317
Blatant mis-use of 'literally.' I would think twice before touting my	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2015	#331
If someone were to bet the appropriate sum I would literally bet my life on Hillary.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#332
Bait....	blackspade	Nov 2015	#120
The truth is not a smear nor an attack.	Unknown Beatle	Nov 2015	#241
Take my challenge	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#244
Seriously, be honest, was there ever any doubt in your mind?	merrily	Nov 2015	#6
I find it so amazing that people just believe whatever they find on the intertubes	snooper2	Nov 2015	#74
See Reply 154 snooper2. And given the posts on this board we've been reading for a long, long	merrily	Nov 2015	#156
To borrow a title from the great	hifiguy	Nov 2015	#85
Desi Arnaz was deep, though probably not as deep as Ricky Ricardo.	merrily	Nov 2015	#309
I think we need to remember this when we respond to some members here	passiveporcupine	Nov 2015	#109
That a number are is more obvious than	hifiguy	Nov 2015	#122
Yes, but if it's only $100 a week, I would see it as my duty to help them up their income.	merrily	Nov 2015	#153
Also, it would drain money from the Clinton campaign or her dark-money SuperPAC. (n/t)	Jim Lane	Nov 2015	#185
Meh. Drop in the bucket. I want to help my fellow DUers earn their weekly C note out of altruism.	merrily	Nov 2015	#193
You are too kind...I'd tell them to get a real job that produced something of value	Demeter	Nov 2015	#287
It's just simple common sense.	Zorra	Nov 2015	#295
Yes. And it doesn't matter if the reddit duck was a duck or a genius Bernie supporter from the jump.	merrily	Nov 2015	#307
Yes. Just look at how many gullible people Faux News gets to vote	Zorra	Nov 2015	#311
Not only Faux News!	merrily	Nov 2015	#312
No, not at all	BuelahWitch	Nov 2015	#319
Um... your source	procon	Nov 2015	#9
Nameles, like the people on this thread? Including you?	merrily	Nov 2015	#44
Exactly so.	procon	Nov 2015	#56
A perfect description of your reply.	99Forever	Nov 2015	#103
Why DO I waste my hours here?	Plucketeer	Nov 2015	#107
You can ALWAYS trust anonymous internet posters at Reddit.	JaneyVee	Nov 2015	#10
That's the website with sub forums dedicated on how to rape women, right?	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#13
Yup, that's the one...	JaneyVee	Nov 2015	#20
Very disturbing...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#25
Well, I agree with you there! -- Your friend, Jim (n/t)	Jim Lane	Nov 2015	#192
OMG.	sheshe2	Nov 2015	#243
Yes-Reddit has such a STELLAR reputation	ismnotwasm	Nov 2015	#24
The more I read about that site the more disturbed I become.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#26
That's the usual, and may I say, respectable response	ismnotwasm	Nov 2015	#32
Reddit is what it is...	WaitWut	Nov 2015	#77
$400k	NJCher	Nov 2015	#225
!	Fuddnik	Nov 2015	#51
Yeah and all the ant-Hillary shit	ibegurpard	Nov 2015	#16
The fact that you believe a candidate up +30 would even bother...	JaneyVee	Nov 2015	#23
She was falling rapidly when this poster said	Fawke Em	Nov 2015	#64
It's how they stay up in the polls	RoccoR5955	Nov 2015	#174
Yes, her support is a mile wide and inch deep	jfern	Nov 2015	#264
!	Fuddnik	Nov 2015	#50
Before today, I'd never been to Rebbit ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2015	#137
But they are really for O'Malley. .	artislife	Nov 2015	#169
Reddit has always been staunchly pro Bernie	CoffeeCat	Nov 2015	#250
Yeah, I'm sure we can trust you. n/t	brentspeak	Nov 2015	#256
At DU as well! And, when they change their story, I believe both stories. Schrödinger!	merrily	Nov 2015	#306
Very revealing	aspirant	Nov 2015	#12
Yes, that's pathetic. Pay per post tends to result in	merrily	Nov 2015	#33
Well, it sounds like it would be a "work from home"	BuelahWitch	Nov 2015	#318
From what I've read here (and 'over there') so far ....... sounds about right. nt.	polly7	Nov 2015	#14
It's the reading 'over there' that gives it any credence for me	JackInGreen	Nov 2015	#82
Abso-freaking-lutely!	hifiguy	Nov 2015	#148
Have you seen that pile of trash?	FlatBaroque	Nov 2015	#170
Talk about amateur hour	Aerows	Nov 2015	#323
Yawn.	ismnotwasm	Nov 2015	#15
The foo shits	virtualobserver	Nov 2015	#17
Was this Sanders supporter paid to write this or was it out of the kindness of their heart. lol.	NCTraveler	Nov 2015	#18
I don't believe this. It's over the top and sounds absurd.	yardwork	Nov 2015	#19
Here's a comment from that link.	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2015	#21
Don't go throwing facts into a perfectly delirious conspiracy theory.	JTFrog	Nov 2015	#37
Facts...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#73
Don't tout your expertise in Plato either. No one	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2015	#333
I done found me a pedant.	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#334
Makes sense. I was wondering if it had been vetted	eridani	Nov 2015	#272
Just wanted you to know	artislife	Nov 2015	#274
Cool story. nt	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2015	#289
We'll get our rewards when he wins, Dr. Hobbitstein!	Duval	Nov 2015	#335
Ok. nt	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2015	#336
Deliberately calculated and inflammatory attacks using race and sex.	pa28	Nov 2015	#22
Why, yes, it does.	merrily	Nov 2015	#46
'Clinton Sustains Huge Lead in Democratic Nomination Race.'	elleng	Nov 2015	#27
That's very interesting...thanks for the reminder n/t	deutsey	Nov 2015	#96
Sounds familiar	UglyGreed	Nov 2015	#28
I clicked to hide dantex and got hit with a malware alert, what's up with that?	litlbilly	Nov 2015	#31
Can shit get any stupider around here?	JTFrog	Nov 2015	#35
Frog, enough with the queasy mixed metaphors already!	Nitram	Nov 2015	#102
I've never seen more desperation from an "inevitable" candidate. Ever. nt	Romulox	Nov 2015	#38
Her people learned the lessons of 2008 well and have had 8 years to prepare.	merrily	Nov 2015	#49
Aww C'mon. "Her people" learned it from "His people".	misterhighwasted	Nov 2015	#65
Whatever it is...	SoapBox	Nov 2015	#40
I agree. There has been a change in the tone of her campaign.	Maineman	Nov 2015	#71
It seemed to begin with that David Brock email about Venezuela, IIRC. n/t	arcane1	Nov 2015	#87
Their "posting guidelines" aren't just familiar, they're in black & white in this forum.	RiverLover	Nov 2015	#41
We're familiar with all of the paid troll tactics used here on DU.	valerief	Nov 2015	#45
Ohhh people will deny the existence of paid online informants...	retrowire	Nov 2015	#52
She paid for fake followers as Secretary of State, using our money.	arcane1	Nov 2015	#92
She was paying for internet fans during this campaign too.	merrily	Nov 2015	#154
Riddle Me This - How Many HRC Agents Are Plying Their Trade On DU As Paid Disruptors	cantbeserious	Nov 2015	#58
Many.	hifiguy	Nov 2015	#129
Very Good Insight - Would It Be Nice To Prove That Connection	cantbeserious	Nov 2015	#184
Crap like that is always difficult to impossible to prove.	merrily	Nov 2015	#200
Calls to prove it's true are numerous. How about	nc4bo	Nov 2015	#220
Interesting..	Fawke Em	Nov 2015	#59
The trolls on this site are obvious and are what the "ignore" feature was designed for	corkhead	Nov 2015	#61
+1000. I wish more people had your self discipline. n/t	Catherina	Nov 2015	#72
I've had a number of hides here, feeling that something was stinking up the place	Trajan	Nov 2015	#62
reddit??	misterhighwasted	Nov 2015	#63
No shit. It's so transparent. #2 Racism #4 Dirty Tactics	Catherina	Nov 2015	#66
I spoke with	cosmicone	Nov 2015	#68
Those wacky, delusional, disconnected from reality attacks never seemed organic to me. The never	GoneFishin	Nov 2015	#69
How does one find paid work as an Internet troll?	Beartracks	Nov 2015	#70
I see ads all the time in news story comments, so you might try there.	kristopher	Nov 2015	#117
I was jesting. :)	Beartracks	Nov 2015	#315
Would you expect companies that specialize in lying...	kristopher	Nov 2015	#321
here you go	FlatBaroque	Nov 2015	#327
lol	Beartracks	Nov 2015	#341
considering some of the people I read on here	DonCoquixote	Nov 2015	#75
This has spread like FIRE across Twitter and FB.	SoapBox	Nov 2015	#76
And it's garbage ... see posts #80 & #94 ..nt	Persondem	Nov 2015	#116
This message was self-deleted by its author	Corruption Inc	Nov 2015	#124
A new low everyday.	JTFrog	Nov 2015	#78
Pushing sexism, like forcing Sanders to say Secretary Clinton, all the shouting.....	Thinkingabout	Nov 2015	#79
The moderators removed the post because there was no proof that the person ever	Persondem	Nov 2015	#80
Sourcing an admitted shrill	Tommy2Tone	Nov 2015	#81
There is no doubt in my mind every word is true but I don't get the impact	tularetom	Nov 2015	#88
Don't get the impact? Please see #76	jhart3333	Nov 2015	#95
So? It will only backfire on Clinton's campaign and that ain't a bad thing	tularetom	Nov 2015	#106
Young people aren't a given. They need some encouragement. Like this.	jhart3333	Nov 2015	#134
Ass?	demwing	Nov 2015	#182
I have a message for the paid shills on DU (and we all know who they are)	Android3.14	Nov 2015	#90
NICE Information... NICE Post!	ChiciB1	Nov 2015	#93
So reliable it was deleted from the /r/SandersForPresident subreddit.	Skinner	Nov 2015	#94
But everyone was having so much fun in GD-P	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2015	#110
reliable or not	questionseverything	Nov 2015	#147
Here's a comment from reddit:	Cali_Democrat	Nov 2015	#195
So are you saying that you personally believe that this does not go on?	Aerows	Nov 2015	#326
Bookmarked for later reading.	Bubzer	Nov 2015	#97
I wonder if they get paid more for OPs...	RiverLover	Nov 2015	#99
That person reflects a lot of what we see here. A lot.	Bread and Circus	Nov 2015	#100
Google "dirty tricks" and "Nixon campaign 1972"	hifiguy	Nov 2015	#149
This is so very common...	CoffeeCat	Nov 2015	#248
Crazy. I doubt Hillary's campaign is doing this though.	Bread and Circus	Nov 2015	#249
I totally believe that Hillary's campaign would do this..,	CoffeeCat	Nov 2015	#252
I like the part where Trump	Progressive dog	Nov 2015	#101
No. Guess you missed the point.	merrily	Nov 2015	#214
I couldn't have missed a point from	Progressive dog	Nov 2015	#280
Sure you could. You don't have enough faith in yourself!	merrily	Nov 2015	#304
There's a boatload of those here. We all know who they are. The usual suspects.	in_cog_ni_to	Nov 2015	#104
Fucking gross, but not really surprising. Hillary will do or say ANYTHING to win.	AzDar	Nov 2015	#108
I don't think it's a case of trust as much as being a follower of tough authoritarian leadership.	rhett o rick	Nov 2015	#113
Seems totally in character with Clinton campaign style.	99Forever	Nov 2015	#114
This message was self-deleted by its author	Corruption Inc	Nov 2015	#115
If your post is true, thanks for coming clean and I wish you luck!	Dustlawyer	Nov 2015	#119
From Reddit? The same forum that hosts gamergate, jailbait, and other sundry sub-fora?	Tarc	Nov 2015	#126
Not the first time we have seen this persons writings.	NCTraveler	Nov 2015	#127
This MUST be true ... It's posted to the internet. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2015	#128
This reminds me of the Sanders supporter who proudly proclaimed....	NCTraveler	Nov 2015	#130
I'm shocked! Shocked that a person of	Indepatriot	Nov 2015	#132
I'm still waiting for my cheque. In the meantime, I would give this more credence if the person	Metric System	Nov 2015	#135
Checks went out yesterday...	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2015	#142
Quelle surprise! n/t	demmiblue	Nov 2015	#136
Lincoln was right about some people.	Pathwalker	Nov 2015	#139
"Eerily familiar"	Jack Rabbit	Nov 2015	#143
The thing is Jack..	Kentonio	Nov 2015	#276
how do we know this isn't a GOP-paid poster, trying to divide and conquer	renate	Nov 2015	#144
Because the GOP fear him more than Hillary does	AgingAmerican	Nov 2015	#146
I'm not sure "dividing"	Puglover	Nov 2015	#157
this was from May--which actually lines up with the chronology the person saying	MisterP	Nov 2015	#177
well, now I feel bad for assuming that reference was complete BS	renate	Nov 2015	#224
these delicate flowers wouldn't last five minutes on FanFiction.net	MisterP	Nov 2015	#228
LOL!	Aerows	Nov 2015	#322
/r/conspiracy....now there's a reliable source for sure...	MineralMan	Nov 2015	#150
Well	Capt. Obvious	Nov 2015	#160
It was quickly deleted there because it had no identifiable source.	MineralMan	Nov 2015	#162
I knew it.	Enthusiast	Nov 2015	#151
I suspect that many of the Hillary supporters on DU and Daily Kos are paid trolls	Bernblu	Nov 2015	#152
Or maybe they're paid Bernie trolls who are instructed to appear to be paid Hillary trolls, but to	NurseJackie	Nov 2015	#155
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!	WillyT	Nov 2015	#159
Frankly, the number of recs on this thread is	MineralMan	Nov 2015	#163
Some people have broken bullshit detectors.	sufrommich	Nov 2015	#171
Broken bullshit detector! Ohs noooooooooooooosssss!	lonestarnot	Nov 2015	#283
This struck me as particularly interesting:	JDPriestly	Nov 2015	#164
Well if he is a former employee why is he still posting to twitter.....	Historic NY	Nov 2015	#165
I went to the link in the OP.	MineralMan	Nov 2015	#166
I'm PM'd the twitter user...	Historic NY	Nov 2015	#167
I have no idea what you just said.	MineralMan	Nov 2015	#168
Private messaged the twitter user that is the alleged shill.......	Historic NY	Nov 2015	#172
What strikes me about this thread is how quick the Hillary crowd is to trash Reddit.	beerandjesus	Nov 2015	#175
Now I see.	Autumn	Nov 2015	#176
I have no idea if this is true or not,	Blue_In_AK	Nov 2015	#179
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck	Aerows	Nov 2015	#215
Did anyone get his DU/Discussionist name?	chknltl	Nov 2015	#187
K&R!	marym625	Nov 2015	#188
To everybody still drawing a paycheck.	mhatrw	Nov 2015	#190
/r/SandersForPresident deleted this because they couldn't verify the identity of the source	Maven	Nov 2015	#191
Thank god this was Reddit	MyNameGoesHere	Nov 2015	#204
I still remember ol Betty White's response to this	PatrynXX	Nov 2015	#206
Kickin it. I already recced.	jhart3333	Nov 2015	#212
Conservative dirt bags are just following their lead - poison Democrats in order to make themselves	whereisjustice	Nov 2015	#216
& women who falsely accuse men of bad sexual behavior/ethics will set us back 50 years....	whereisjustice	Nov 2015	#217
Gotta get that dig in there don't ya!	kjones	Nov 2015	#268
Her imaginary Grandparents would say they raised her better. Her real ones? Who knows.	whereisjustice	Nov 2015	#305
Wow, 160 Recs over something removed from the source because it was unsubstantiated.	MohRokTah	Nov 2015	#218
The fact that it doesn't seem far fetched us enough for me	artislife	Nov 2015	#219
Congratulations!	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2015	#235
Love ya Le Taz Hot!	artislife	Nov 2015	#259
I shouldn't post using my phone...heh	artislife	Nov 2015	#260
This message was self-deleted by its author	Corruption Inc	Nov 2015	#222
This anonymous confession belongs in the old True Confessions magazine. It has as much credibility.	pnwmom	Nov 2015	#223
Some very interesting comments in this thread, Le Taz.	PatrickforO	Nov 2015	#236
when you see coordinated talking points	virtualobserver	Nov 2015	#238
yes it was interesting to see how frantically unhinged this post made some people.	m-lekktor	Nov 2015	#247
Res ipsa loquitur	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#246
Kicked and recommended	Uncle Joe	Nov 2015	#251
172 people have lost any standing to call anyone else a sucker.	NuclearDem	Nov 2015	#253
This forum is littered with them tonight.	Pryderi	Nov 2015	#255
Wow, I see all the usual suspects in this thread picking up paycheck posts	Hydra	Nov 2015	#257
You may want to read the thread, Hydra.	sheshe2	Nov 2015	#258
A person's identity does not have to be revealed for facts to be passed on	Hydra	Nov 2015	#261
Aren't they cute when they bounce off each other's posts?	Divernan	Nov 2015	#278
Ya, I'm curious if they get paid less for those	Hydra	Nov 2015	#303
This is a pure hate campaign, and should be treated as such	jfern	Nov 2015	#262
Well this should be intrestng	Matariki	Nov 2015	#265
Why Am I Not SURPRISED.	LovingA2andMI	Nov 2015	#267
Plausible doesn't necessarily equate to true. The question I have is "Why is it plausible at all?"	eridani	Nov 2015	#273
Ugh this thread does not look good for Bernie supporters on DU. Very gullible, CT-ish, forming	seaglass	Nov 2015	#279
Double agent shill?	Progressive dog	Nov 2015	#281
The 50 cent army comes home.	raouldukelives	Nov 2015	#282
Thanks to Le Taz Hot for getting out and telling us about what's going on when it's	Cal33	Nov 2015	#294
Kicking...	99Forever	Nov 2015	#286
Thanks for leaving them and telling us about it so openly. It takes courage. My hat	Cal33	Nov 2015	#293
My challenge for the morning crowd...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#298
The only ones who could "prove" it	jack_krass	Nov 2015	#301
It can't be proven because it's untrue...	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2015	#302
Explains alot	jack_krass	Nov 2015	#299
I remember being on another forum before I joined DU, just prior to the	polly7	Nov 2015	#300
Open Secret	Aerows	Nov 2015	#324
Is this paricularly incident true?	ibegurpard	Nov 2015	#328
I have no idea about this specific case	Aerows	Nov 2015	#329
Kick.	artislife	Nov 2015	#337
Thank you Le Taz Hot. I think we all suspected something like this.	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2015	#338
Kick !!!	WillyT	Nov 2015	#340
This doesn't surprise me at all.	sellitman	Nov 2015	#342

Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 12:17 PM

ibegurpard (16,685 posts)

1. of course

They'll try to pawn it off as conspiracy theory but it's a common tactic on the net all across the board... not just in politics.

Confessions from a Hillary Shill

1. of course

67. Oh well that makes it alright then...

138. Well ... It OP is taken from the "Conspiracy" forum. n/t

186. Troll for Billary

211. and furthermore

239. Holy fuck! From your link:

240. +1,000,000 nt.

284. Copying link in case something happens to the post you're responding to

266. Didn't you read the title? Were talking Shillary!

285. I wonder how many of those Billary's

291. "Scripts to follow", that's the way the Corporate Republicans work, isn't it? The orders

330. Of course they are following a script .

339. cool I like that

245. This is so typical in the PR world...

263. It's huge on gaming forums

2. Oooh!

3. . . .

254. I think paid trolls are an urban legend

288. so you think otherwise now, I hope?

290. Who needed this to recognize the paid for talking points?

296. It seems Republicans pay many to post in forums. Many years ago I was new to the computer,

98. Right? Scootch over!

4. LOL. Wonder how much Bernie paid this guy to post this.

7. LOL!

34. I doubt he had to be paid, I'm sure he just took it upon himself.

53. !

83. Nothing he made the story up for giggles and grins

112. Nice try but when you side with the billionaires that can buy anything they want, you

230. The Koch brothers must be trying to help Bernie, because they're already running Hillary attack ads.

232. The Koch brothers are good friends of the Bush Crime Family. Of course the

233. They're helping Bernie right now. They must like him more than Hillary.

161. You need to ask that in the Bernie Group.

173. ROTFLMAOPMP!

292. What does the "PMP" part of your abbreviation stand for? nt

316. peed my pants! n/t

325. Thanks--that's a new one for me. nt

297. Probably nothing. Thinking that everyone else is just like you could be a mistake.

5. As

8. LOL!

11. I am glad you find me entertaining...

30. I'm glad I find you amusing, too. Smiling and laughing are among my favorite things. Your ageist

36. If I said Hillary Clinton was the sexagenarian senator from NY would I be ageist?

39. A descriptor that you made a point of using two posts in a row? As if any DUer needed that

42. I used it for its alliterative effect.

43. Of course you did. Kick!

60. Please feel free to continue to besmirch my stellar reputation.

158. LOL! Spotless! You're really on a roll today.

178. Ecclesiastes 7:1

308. I never doubted that. The open issue is who has one and who does not.

271. Your conceit just tarnished you. Your reputation is no longer stellar.

57. Well. You know.

105. Alliterative effect?

111. Doesn't have the same alliterative effect.

123. What would you do without your dictionary and thesaurus?

125. No need for one...I pulled a 740 on the Verbal portion of the GRE.

131. This is the first time I've seen you write a sentence

133. No

140. Good for your Mom.

141. I always felt bad for because she was clearly smart enough to go to college and beyond....

145. I'm sorry you lost your mom so young.

208. And yet, here you are...

209. That's where you are mistaken

275. +1

320. That's all?

118. alliterative effect!

277. Bazinga!

181. So if someone called him "the septuagenarian Semitic Senator" that would be even better?

183. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye...

210. Let me try to explain the logic to you

213. And let me try to explain obscurantism to you.

234. You have BRILLIANTLY refuted the argument I did not make.

269. Whoa...cool! if a septuagenarian Semitic Senator picked a peck of pickled peppers, how

313. I couldn't count the peppers. I had to watch the wood that the woodchuck was chucking. (n/t)

189. I hear she also pays people to pose as African Americans

194. Three points, Mr. Dump, and a question.

196. Your English comprehension is questionable.

197. So you got nothing, figures!

199. They will see I made no accusations. You are being silly. They will see that too!

203. They will see you were tossing around calumnies...