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mn9driver

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7. This kind of insanity would be rarer, slower and more difficult without the Internet.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 10:13 AM

Aug 2017

It makes a lot of good things possible, but this is part of the dark and evil side of universal web access.
The problem is obvious. The solution, not so much.

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"How I Became Fake News" report from Charlottesville [View all] ehrnst Aug 2017 OP

Knr. This how they operate joeybee12 Aug 2017 #1

This is their modus operandi. SweetieD Aug 2017 #2

A few days later I saw a FB post using the video to blame the crowd not Fields underpants Aug 2017 #3

Yep. Introducing doubt works. PatrickforO Aug 2017 #4

don't forget what they did to John Kerry rurallib Aug 2017 #5

Yeah, but unlike big tobaco and big oil Stryst Aug 2017 #9

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #6

This kind of insanity would be rarer, slower and more difficult without the Internet. mn9driver Aug 2017 #7

A young friend of mine is fond of saying the wonderful and terrible thing about the internet is you Amaryllis Aug 2017 #14

Ok, seriously.... Stryst Aug 2017 #8

out of the 66million heaven05 Aug 2017 #10

Typical, and despicable, alt-right techniques of harassment. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #12

You would need to ask the writer of the piece. (nt) ehrnst Aug 2017 #13