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LaMouffette

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5. Just like Trump, they're all . . .

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 9, 2020, 09:10 AM

Feb 2020

like cornered animals and are lashing out viciously. They know that the country is becoming more diverse, more Democratic, and that scares the crap out of them, so they're going to do anything to try to preserve their power.

And what is making everything so very much worse and so incredibly dangerous is: anonymity. Just like hood-wearing members of the KKK, they feel emboldened by the anonymity of the Internet. How this can be addressed without becoming China, I don't know.

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Russian bots [View all] mfcorey1 Feb 2020 OP

Good Advice Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #1

The bots, trolls and subversives are getting more subtle. Aussie105 Feb 2020 #2

It's not just the Russians. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #3

Just like Trump, they're all . . . LaMouffette Feb 2020 #5

This! FakeNoose Feb 2020 #6

A sure sign is if they are near 100 percent negative about a particular candidate Blues Heron Feb 2020 #4

K&R UCmeNdc Feb 2020 #7

I think some of the vitriol on the web assigned to Bernie Bros are bots applegrove Feb 2020 #8