James O'Keefe Tries to Entrap Hillary, Fails Spectacularly

[RiverNoord]

45. And now you tell me what I think or don't think.

Do you have any personal friends, because, at least online, you make lots of negative statements about people without the the slightest evidence. (Unless I tell you what I think, and I, in fact, know what I think, which is not always the case, the only way for you to know what I think is to use telepathy. Which is a fictional concept.)

I KNOW that there are BILLIONS that will be spent on the 2016 State, Congressional and Presidential elections. The vast majority of that will be spent by very wealthy right-wing extremists. Dirty tricks of every conceivable (and inconceivable, by just about anyone) type will be employed to an absurd extent.

I also know that the same thing happened in 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006....

So, yes, I DO think that lots of people will be paid to pretend to be Democrats on online discussion forums to pollute dialog.

The interesting thing, in your case, is that you assert a bizarre false equivalency: That GOPers are being paid to support Bernie Sanders in forums like this in order to reduce Hillary Clinton's chances of becoming President of the United States, but that you are certain that that the same thing is not being done to reduce Bernie Sanders' chances of becoming President of the United States. And this is, frankly, much more plausible, given that lots of very wealthy interests are actively supporting Hillary Clinton, likely because they are comfortable that she knows how to do 'business as usual' with them.

That is why your statements are absurd. YOU are more likely to be a GOP activist in disguise, working subtly to pollute the image of Bernie Sanders, cast doubt on the nature of his campaign, etc., than any single self-claiming Bernie Sanders supporter I have encountered on this site. The trolls are almost without exception rude, loose with facts, and make statements which prima facie seek to disparage supporters of either Sanders or Clinton, without recognizing that the vast majority of us understand the value and necessity of being decent to each other.