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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:03 AM Original message |
Libya and the Passive Repeaters: Deploying Depleted Information Warheads |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hardly surprising. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wait, Gaddafi banned social media, therefore any media made available must be suspect? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. maybe if you actually read the article before making irrelevant comments.... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I am aware of Maximilian Forte's bullshit. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The article isn't about iran, josh. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Maximilian Forte is perpetuating the same nonsense, however. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Because it's a bullshit argument laced with innuendos and falsehoods. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Relevance? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. it's from the article you supposedly read, josh. don't you recognize it? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's just curious why you'd chose that particular article to highlight. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. i'm curious why you're curious. because it's the first one listed in the article. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Westerners demand free information flow, social media exploits that. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. If you read that article you'd see that software is talked about in the future tense & not English |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Right, they don't do anything similar now. Just decided to develop |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. "social media is directed at westerners, not libyans" - You misrepresented the article *you* posted |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. i meant in the present conflict. as i thought was obvious. |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. That article combined with this from Greenwald is interesting |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. Conspiracy theory nonsense. This treats Libyans as if they're too primitive to know how to use VPN |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I have no doubt that the vast majority of tweets are from expats or people not inside Libya. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. you have been talking up khaddafi manipulating media day & night, |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Nah, let's imagine we had a totally free media outlet, no corporate control, everyone gets access. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. it's a twofer. the conspiracy card & the patronizing/racism card. |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Ain't that the truth. "The anti-war people are racists." The newest brilliant talking point. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I didn't say "The anti-war people are racists". I said the video "has hints of racism" |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'm calling out this racist conspiracy theory and all you can do is come back with a juvenile prize? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The comments are the most telling, the type of people that are attracted to this line of thought. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. spell it out turbo. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. not willing to be explicit, i see. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. juvenile. second time tonight i am accused of a lack of maturity. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. They're not logical fallacies just because you said it again |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Rec'd in full agreement. That's the main reason I stopped doing those threads |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. Recced....UP to +1. |
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