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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 01:32 PM Feb 2019

Suggestion: We have a stickied, and frequently updated Rumor Control thread here.

This might be a way to help combat Russian bots, 4chan edgelords, and other ratfuckers who want us at each other's throats. I suggest a stickied Rumor Control thread.

I suggest that the mods do this, with as little bias as possible. For example, back in 2016, there were lots of rumors about Hillary Clinton's alleged poor health. That turned out to have been started by Russian trolls and their army of bots.

So any time a provably untrue rumor comes out about any of the candidates, along with distortions, half-truths, and propaganda designed to divide us, we need something in the Rumor Control thread to alert people to the bullshit, debunk it, and do it in a non-partisan, positive tone, so we can disarm the circular firing squad.

I don't want a repeat of the Bernie-Hillary wars. We need to keep things competitive, but positive, and stop efforts to get Democrats to sit-out or protest-vote for some third party tool.

We need this sticky thread, updated in an unbiased way, to alert us all to the various attempts to ratfuck us.

Trump must be defeated at all costs, and we need to stay united to do it. We're all Democrats here, no?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Suggestion: We have a stickied, and frequently updated Rumor Control thread here. (Original Post) backscatter712 Feb 2019 OP
i believe clint watts tweets about this. mopinko Feb 2019 #1
My friend said he heard that 97% of DUers like this idea Achilleaze Feb 2019 #2
Great idea bluescribbler Feb 2019 #3
As I see it the Bern-Hill War is still being fought here every day pecosbob Feb 2019 #4
Whenever you see that, alert it for "refighting the last primary." Skinner Feb 2019 #5
Yeah, I walked away from that in the middle of the 2016 primaries. backscatter712 Feb 2019 #6
 

mopinko

(70,127 posts)
1. i believe clint watts tweets about this.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 02:43 PM
Feb 2019

i dont follow him that closely, but i believe he has an org that is trying to track this crap.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. My friend said he heard that 97% of DUers like this idea
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 02:46 PM
Feb 2019
He's right about stuff a good bit of time
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

bluescribbler

(2,117 posts)
3. Great idea
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:18 PM
Feb 2019

We can't be like the MAGATS. We need access to verifiable sources.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

pecosbob

(7,541 posts)
4. As I see it the Bern-Hill War is still being fought here every day
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:21 PM
Feb 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Skinner

(63,645 posts)
5. Whenever you see that, alert it for "refighting the last primary."
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:03 PM
Feb 2019

It's toxic.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
6. Yeah, I walked away from that in the middle of the 2016 primaries.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:56 PM
Feb 2019

I'm so done with infighting.

And is it only me, or does anyone else feel a lot better about this primary season than 2016? Oh, sure, there's gonna be lots of fighting and competing, but...

1. It's an open field, with lots of great candidates running.
2. There are some rules revisions from the DNC that hopefully will keep things fair, and more importantly, keep things LOOKING fair. So even if your favorite candidate doesn't win, hopefully, there won't be quite so much bad blood this time, and we won't see as many people sitting out or voting for third-party tools.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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