2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe HillaryClinton campaign is now paying online trolls millions to harass Bernie supporters
via Shaun King ?@ShaunKing
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-paying-trolls-attack-people-online-article-1.2613980?cid=bitly
What's ugly is that we have no idea who these paid operatives are online. According to Correct The Record, many will be former reporters, PR executives, bloggers, and others. We have no idea if they truly say what they mean or mean what they say. Are they even using their actual identities? The Sanders campaign openly stated that they have never paid for any online comments.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Svafa
(594 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts)And I'm on SSDI....
But unless it was ONLY countering GOP stuff after the primary, it'd be similar to why I refuse to do Tarot for money -- someone called asking me to help fi d their missing relative, not just wanted to talk about their love life.
Svafa
(594 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts).... she had paid to talk to me, and quit.
But if there really was a way to get paid this year working for the Democratic Nominee, not primary infighting.... I do need money.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)insta8er
(960 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts)Now if only I could not blush and stammer when someone asked me to "beat them" on thr phone, and nit giggle as I was hitting the package of bologna with a ruler to make the sound effects....
moriah
(8,311 posts)Just if you hadn't seen that piece before....
closeupready
(29,503 posts)the license they've apparently been given to abuse Bernie's supporters in light of the fact that many of her most prominent supporters here have 12, 13, 14, and 15 hidden posts, with no revocation of posting privileges.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)then wouldn't those further up the food chain be in line also for even more?
onecaliberal
(32,874 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)So the Sanders crowd could find the 25 previous times this story has been posted in the last week or so.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,016 posts)That one's on me, Hillary.
global1
(25,256 posts)off the back of our Democracy. This is a sad commentary. I can't believe that a candidate would sanction such an activity. This is a helleva way to win a presidency. Any person(s) involved in such an activity should be ashamed of themselves.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)It's been said that Putin has an online "troll army" to spread pro-Putin propaganda on the internet.
I guess the Hillary campaign is doing the same thing. I wonder who pays more to be an online troll....Hillary or Putin?
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Broward
(1,976 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)King tweeted on March 11
A friend of mine said a senior official in the Clinton campaign asked him if he would help them "stop me". How so?
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/708287656527007744
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/724722210162790400
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)No foreplay at all.
kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,816 posts)... is paying people to "harass" BS supporters - yeah, that makes so much sense.
Some people will literally believe anything.