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kpete

(71,996 posts) Sun May 22, 2016, 09:58 AM May 2016

BUSTED: Trump-loving comment trolls pose as Sanders and Clinton supporters to divide Democrats

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BUSTED: Trump-loving comment trolls pose as Sanders and Clinton supporters to divide Democrats

An Internet troll who claims to have found deep divisions among factions of the Left on Twitter laid out a plan Saturday for fellow Donald Trump supporters to exploit those fissures.

Posting on the sometimes-dubious message board 4chan, the anonymous poster wrote a post entitled, “Let’s troll Bernie and Hillary supporters systematically,” where the writer says he/she posed as a Democratic voter and trolled supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in an effort to deepen divisions and help Trump secure a victory in November.

“We need to take advantage of this. This is Trump’s gift,” the 4chan troll wrote. “If we’re serious about a Trump presidency we need to start infiltrating their conversations in order to sow more divison (sic). I’m talking systematic and long-term /mischief/, not just a hew minutes trolling dumbass SJW’s. Look at the chaos and damage I was able to make yesterday, just one person, with no real rudeness in my replies. Imagine that writ large: My account is @realJohnMilIer.”

“SJW” stands for “social justice warrior.”

The Twitter account for “real John Miller” indeed seems to show activity celebrating divisions among Clinton and Sanders supporters.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/busted-trump-loving-comment-trolls-pose-as-sanders-and-clinton-supporters-to-divide-democrats/
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/734177823099883520

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BUSTED: Trump-loving comment trolls pose as Sanders and Clinton supporters to divide Democrats (Original Post) kpete May 2016 OP

There have been a few posters on here just today tooting the horn for Trump with favorable polls. Trust Buster May 2016 #1

Still trying to build false narratives. Katashi_itto May 2016 #2

Links? I think most of this sort bashes at one of our candidates while wearing the other like Bluenorthwest May 2016 #3

No suprise. DU is swarming with them. Itchinjim May 2016 #4

Figured that out a while back. Kingofalldems May 2016 #5

That's not news here liberal N proud May 2016 #6

They're ratfuckers and DU is full of them. Stinky The Clown May 2016 #7

this is news? Internet warriors from both sides troll and disrupt. frankieallen May 2016 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #9

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

1. There have been a few posters on here just today tooting the horn for Trump with favorable polls.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:01 AM

May 2016

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)

2. Still trying to build false narratives.

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #1)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:14 AM

May 2016

Gotta get your agenda out there.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

3. Links? I think most of this sort bashes at one of our candidates while wearing the other like

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #1)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:18 AM

May 2016

armor. DU culture right now is such that people are nasty to others based on candidate affiliations and they also support others based on the same thing. So if a poster picks one candidate to be 'for' that poster will often be protected by that cohort no matter how right wing the rest of their message might be. Wear the tee shirt, get the perks of membership.
Such posters avoid issue discussions and focus on bashing the one in the name of the other. It's a super easy game to play on people who have quaffed the clique Kook Aid deeply.