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In reply to the discussion: Everyone with a Parler account should be pissing their pants right... about... NOW! 💦💧 [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)77. Yeah. Maybe I'm too cynical, but I'm surprised any DUers think
the FBI might have set up Parler as a trap for RWers. I'd be very happy to be proven wrong, but I'd be shocked to find that they don't lean more toward being RWers themselves.
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NurseJackie
Jan 2021
OP
The FBI is run and populated with repugs. I don't think we are safe with Wray at the helm
Cozmo
Jan 2021
#19
Yes. They like the machismo thing. Trump picked up a lot of votes in FL. nt
okaawhatever
Jan 2021
#15
Careful with the stereotyping. The 'machismo thing' is a product of a broken chromosome and
flamin lib
Jan 2021
#40
I will never understand this phenomenon, nor the fact there are people of color who vote GOP
onetexan
Jan 2021
#33
it's the talk radio that putin has been using. brazil's bolsanaro credited the 'brazillian limbaugh'
certainot
Jan 2021
#49
It's even easier than that. Preserve democracy. Allow only the truth of things.
jaxexpat
Jan 2021
#78
I understand. But, that seems to be a distinction without much of a difference...
NurseJackie
Jan 2021
#12
Like I always knew as a kid: there were consequences and no results were ever 'guarantied' ...
marble falls
Jan 2021
#17
Four more days, dude. Just four more days. Take some deep breaths, close your eyes and go ...
marble falls
Jan 2021
#62
Who knows, maybe Parler was an FBI operation to keep track of right wing conspirators?
George II
Jan 2021
#18
I wondered the same thing when I read the membership requirements last month.
gordianot
Jan 2021
#23
Parler was funded by the Mercer's to gather info, just like they did with Cambridge analytica
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#37
You only had to give your ID if you wanted to be deemed equiv of "verified" to monetize your content
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2021
#35
I got an account on Parler, to see what was going on. I don't mind a visit from the FBI. I'd..
LAS14
Jan 2021
#42
You're braver than I am. I stayed away from "Discussionist" and "Jack Pine Radicals" too.
NurseJackie
Jan 2021
#45
Anyone with a recently renewed license photo has been biometrically scanned in, Real ID
Baclava
Jan 2021
#53
A moment of silence for the poor souls at Parler who are about to get their world upended
Tarc
Jan 2021
#61
How long until Reichwing cultists declare that Parler itself was a Deep State sting operation?
Orrex
Jan 2021
#70
Rounding them all up, and the blowback causing Parler to shutter its doors?
BobTheSubgenius
Jan 2021
#75