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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: You are witnessing the first "Stochastic Smearjob" [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)164. That plan to put paid trolls for Hillary on the Internet
was put into action and $1MILLION Dollars paid in April,
but it is only a coincidence that we have had so many show up HERE in April.
Any low information Pro-Hillary troll with an April registration is immediately suspect.
What does it say when a candidate has to spend $1MILLION Dollars to BUY Internet friends?
The goal of the propaganda assaults across the internet is not to convince anyone of anything.
It is to thoroughly hijack, pollute and therefore eliminate public spaces where real discussion and organization can occur. Occupy is disbanded with clubs and pepper spray. Dissent and organization online are disrupted with surveillance and propaganda.
It is no accident that propaganda brigades post new threads on discussion boards far out of proportion to their presence in the community, and that they nearly *always* demand the last word in any interchange.
The goal is to disrupt the important public space for liberal thought, discussion, and organization that these boards offer, and to keep the participants busy instead batting off the corporate lies and talking points.
woo me with science Sun Jul 28, 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023359801
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That poster is a troll and is not here for discussion. They have a role to play.
arcane1
May 2016
#126
Bernie people are good at counting posts. If only they put those skills towards counting delegates.
YouDig
May 2016
#174
Following me around, huh? Yeah, I seem to get that. Lots of people into my post number.
YouDig
May 2016
#176
Did you not understand? With a primary, votes and delegates are decided on that day
brush
May 2016
#76
You just know that the Clinton camp has been studying the Rove playbook very carefully.
Arugula Latte
May 2016
#7
Yes, any clearheaded person would have realized this nomination race was over 6 weeks ago.
stevenleser
May 2016
#140
yes, threatening children is sleazy. Doxxing is sleazy. Mob behavior is sleazy.
KittyWampus
May 2016
#11
What road? The road where you post random cr*p that happens to justify what happened in Nevada
KittyWampus
May 2016
#47
I'm interested. Please, how can you get in more trouble than posting the icon...
arendt
May 2016
#83
Hey, procon, got time to respond to #58, or is mindlessly bashing people more fun?
arendt
May 2016
#64
There weren't any chairs thrown, but DNClinton isn't going to let facts get in the way of a smearjob
HooptieWagon
May 2016
#78
Except that the OP didn't use the term in any other context but to highlight what Rahm called
polly7
May 2016
#145
LOL. Maybe, dunno really. It's a possiblility. (My sister needs to get rid of some). nt.
polly7
May 2016
#152
That sounds great. But he'll probably eat newspaper, better get some straw and a shovel. nt.
polly7
May 2016
#160
David Brock has Made the Democratic Establishment Comfortable with Limbaugh-style Smears
TheSarcastinator
May 2016
#135
The Left recognizes that we are getting close to the tipping point if we haven't already gone
rhett o rick
May 2016
#138
If you don't like the Democratic Party, why not affiliate with a different party or start your own?
MoonRiver
May 2016
#147
Or maybe chnage it like Bill Clinton did? He made it a centerist party when he accepted the DLC way,
cui bono
May 2016
#168