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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:28 AM Oct 2018

Without the internet, just imagine what the GOP could get away with!!

How quickly we learned that Kav team knew Ramirez story was coming out!!

Internet is a major game changer in politics.

It has also changed the world of religion. Church elders can no longer quietly handle a preacher's scandals in-house or move a 'problem priest' from parish to parish. Many church authorities rail against 'evil bloggers' rather that trying 'to clean up their act.'

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Without the internet, just imagine what the GOP could get away with!! (Original Post) bobbieinok Oct 2018 OP
True but it unfortunately works both ways, in that utter lies were spread by the Rooskis and OnDoutside Oct 2018 #1
Totally agree. Like everything it can be used 4 good or evil bobbieinok Oct 2018 #3
The Internet is basically what got Trump elected... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #2
We're back in a village environment, where everyone knows what you're up to. nt LAS14 Oct 2018 #4

OnDoutside

(19,969 posts)
1. True but it unfortunately works both ways, in that utter lies were spread by the Rooskis and
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:34 AM
Oct 2018

believed by a lot of idiots who voted.

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)
2. The Internet is basically what got Trump elected...
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:34 AM
Oct 2018

It's why some folks call him Twitler.

Yes, it is powerful, but like all tools, it can be used for evil as well as good.

On the plus side, the Womens March of 2017 was an internet phenomenon, as have been many events since. But so was the RW mob in Charlottsville.

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