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Lisa0825

(14,492 posts)
5. ''Is Facebook Shutting Down Pro-Bernie Sanders Groups? ''
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:42 PM
Apr 2016
http://modernliberals.com/facebook-shutting-pro-bernie-sanders-groups/

While people want to believe that this is shutdown campaign by Hillary Clinton surrogates, that makes little sense. She is up in delegates and nothing short of massive losses in remaining primaries would make Bernie Sanders the Democratic nominee. Shutting down pro-Bernie Facebook groups and pages would eventually be exposed, and it would be a disastrous publicity issue for the Clinton campaign.

I am still not sure what the reason for these deletions are, but it does seem that a bunch of groups and pages went down at the same time, while others have been changed back from “secret” to “public.” This doesn’t reek of a Hillary Clinton troll brigade, but it does show that there is some sort of coordination between admins of various Bernie groups to take them offline, perhaps to rile up their followers.

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wow. stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #1
Bernie is the only one who would benefit from this radical noodle Apr 2016 #2
+ eleventy billion Lucinda Apr 2016 #8
They are going to be crushed when Bernie concedes on June 10th or so and I'm going... SaschaHM Apr 2016 #3
I'll use the salt of their tears to rim my margarita glass. NurseJackie Apr 2016 #22
I replied snarkily wysi Apr 2016 #4
''Is Facebook Shutting Down Pro-Bernie Sanders Groups? '' Lisa0825 Apr 2016 #5
This sounds a lot more plausible than an idiotic idea that Hillary had them taken down. Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #10
They want to play the victim Legends303 Apr 2016 #24
I have a headache. Treant Apr 2016 #6
"We couldn't vote because we couldn't reach our Facebook group, whaaa!" IamMab Apr 2016 #7
... SunSeeker Apr 2016 #11
One wave short of a shipwreck. n/t Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #9
It is easier to meet the Pope than it is to get Facebook to delete something. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #12
I think it was internal among the groups themselves to DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #13
Doesn't surprise me. Projection is all they do. KitSileya Apr 2016 #14
Looney Tunes. eom UtahLib Apr 2016 #15
They are really losing it Beaverhausen Apr 2016 #16
IMHO... fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #17
DEAR GOD NOT THE FACEBOOK!!! ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #18
Looks like at least one Hillary supporter outed himself as a culprit in this Matt_in_STL Apr 2016 #19
Same old paid shills meme JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #20
Was white noise involved? leftofcool Apr 2016 #21
I had this happen to an FB running group I'm in obamanut2012 Apr 2016 #23
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