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This Russian troll would disown themHeres what Russias 2020 disinformation operations look like, according to two experts on social media and propaganda.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russia-troll-2020-election-interference-twitter-916482/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)so now you are telling me she was just crazy.
napi21
(45,806 posts)Just guessing, the conservative Christians thought it meant homosexual. Dunces.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)They're targeting various groups to gain followers before they start injecting their camapiagn propaganda, this one here doesn't have a as good of a command of the English language as the others do.
teach1st
(5,935 posts)However, there is this, from Bored Panda:
Jimmy Kimmel Asks People If Homo Sapiens Should Be Saved, And The Answers Show The Level Of Stupidity
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)They're trying to gain followers before they begin their massive propaganda operation for Trump, this one obviously failed, but not all of them will.
teach1st
(5,935 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)it exists until someone links to it. I have no idea why.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)check it out but always forget.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)going back, seems to be the only site I do that with.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)felt that way. 😔
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... Its an urban legend that was being propogated by a Rusian disinformation campaign. The troll farm.
Read the linked Rolling Stone article, its pretty interesting.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)divide us further. There was a part about the left being outraged.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)..... turns out its a hoax all the way down.
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)They say that while at university, she openly matriculated.
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,920 posts)but I think it was all just an act.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)On her mother's side, of course.
AdamGG
(1,288 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)What would they think if they learned that the Earth's atmosphere is chock full of gaseous dihydrogen oxide and that every coastline in the world is saturated with it in liquid form?
ck4829
(35,068 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 27, 2019, 03:34 AM - Edit history (1)
If one person or group already has a history or doing or saying bizarre or stupid things, then that means any new story about them doing or saying bizarre or stupid things becomes more believable.
Conservative Christians entered the Tyson Zone a long time ago.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheTysonZone
NickB79
(19,233 posts)People really are that stupid.
keithbvadu2
(36,778 posts)Those who feel strongly about it
dchill
(38,474 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)Some of them were even known to matriculate while in college!
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)rainy
(6,091 posts)dchill
(38,474 posts)I'll wager.
HeavyHemi
(17 posts)My mother used to yell at me for masticating too loudly at the dinner table.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)I think their moms and dads should be very ashamed for having neglected the education of the offspring.
They are part of the problem.
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)========
Salviati
(6,008 posts)If you don't, then you're doing exactly what the russian trolls posting such things want you to do.
Retrograde
(10,133 posts)not that I have anything against thespians, mind you - it's just a hard way to make a living.
ck4829
(35,068 posts)Conservative Christians DO disown gay children and kick them into homelessness.
We should be treating that like a societal failure rather than just a fabrication of Russian trolls.
The Russian government is a terrorist regime, don't get me wrong, but no Russian troll forced Dylann Roof to shoot people, forced James Alex Fields to drive his car into people protesting him and his ilk, or forced people to vote for a theocratic sexual predator to "own the libs"... that was all done with the free will by the "other side of the aisle".
IronLionZion
(45,432 posts)who want to feel disgust by looking down on conservative Christians as being stupid. The article is a good read, and everyone should be aware of these troll tactics. There are a lot of memes and tweets that make us feel good but are designed to divide us.
My fellow lefties like to skewer me for remaining connected on social media to Trumpster former friends, but it's a great way to keep an eye on the pure BS they share online. It's completely bonkers but it's designed to make them hate us more and more and feel smug about it.
ck4829
(35,068 posts)Are we supposed to ignore that conservative Christians DO kick gay children out onto the street now because Russian trolls highlighted it?
Are we supposed to ignore that conservative Christians consistently supported the 2003 Iraq War because... reasons? Reasons like it was started by a Republican or... to bring about the "end times"?
We have this alt-right/far-right in the US today, they clearly value confederate statues and some made up America of the past that only exists in their imaginations far more than their fellow Americans or the real America of today. I'm not going to hold hands with them and have cuddle time with them to coddle them and treat their twisted ideology as valid as they are planning to stab me in the back just because a Russian troll is talking smack, sorry.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,308 posts)of not knowing "Homo sapiens" is the species name for humans. It's designed to get liberals saying "conservatives are dumb", and then conservatives saying "liberals despise us, and make up shit about us".
IronLionZion
(45,432 posts)because it validates the feelings of disgust towards that demographic.
An example of the other side's post would be to claim that gay liberals molest children. It makes them think being gay or liberal is associated with molesting children, when it doesn't. It just validates their hatred of gays and liberals, and makes them hate more. They do this all the time with immigrants, minorities, and Muslims to justify their bigotry.
They'll find the worst news stories and highlight the involvement of a type of person their audience doesn't like.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)Dihydrogen monoxide in the kitchen. If that wasnt bad enough, they were trying to sell it on the street corner. They even offered some of their customers the option of cutting it with lemon powder for extra kick. WTF is wrong with this generation?