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Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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He's not my cup of tea either, but his bio is fairly impressive: https://www.stevesilberman.com/about-steve/

>but his bio is fairly impressive Perhaps, that one may be impressed merely by reading such a blurb is part of the problem.

It’s a remarkably impressive blurb.

I especially liked the “oh, and also, in addition to all that other stuff, he has a gold record for the Grateful Dead album he produced”

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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You do recall the months-long investigation into this question ? One that resulted in 37 indictments and 5 prison sentences? Even if it exonerated the Trump campaign, which it didn't, I don't think you're very accepting of alternate viewpoints.

No, I don't recall that. I recall a years long investigation into it that conceded that no evidence was ever found that implicated Trump or his campaign of colluding with Russians. I kind of have to wonder why people like Adam Schiff are still hiding all that "ample evidence" of collusion they insisted existed -- is he also in Putin's pocket and covering up for Trump? I can guess how accepting you are of alternate vi…

Trump is on videotape literally asking for Russia to hack things for him.

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Is it me or does this sounds like early 4chan?

Not just "early" 4chan. It's still a thing on current 4chan, but in an even more strange and twisted form. But yeah, it definitely means the early 4chan trolling has fully entered the mainstream world.

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Oh hey, cool to see my article here. If anyone has questions or wants further details on anything, I'm happy to stick around this thread for a bit. I've paid altogether too much attention to this saga; glad it's going to some use.

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tl;dr: don't have display texts like "here" or "this" or "this comment" etc, it's bad for people who use screenreaders, and super easy to fix, but almost no one knows about this issue, which is why I go around spamming people about it.

I also encourage everyone reading this to start spamming this advice to everyone you encounter!

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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No, I don't recall that. I recall a years long investigation into it that conceded that no evidence was ever found that implicated Trump or his campaign of colluding with Russians. I kind of have to wonder why people like Adam Schiff are still hiding all that "ample evidence" of collusion they insisted existed -- is he also in Putin's pocket and covering up for Trump? I can guess how accepting you are of alternate vi…

Trump is on videotape literally asking for Russia to hack things for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU

That?

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Many people believe the caricatures Ask any politically independent or moderate person, and they can tell you everyone else only sees caricatures of the other side

Is "most people with X politics only sees caricatures" not a caricature? Generalizing about one's political enemies is the pastime of all people, including "moderates".

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Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Same sort of bs is happening with the horse paste stuff now. The story about hospitals being overrun due to people oding were wildly inaccurate at best. Whatever fits the narrative I guess…

Horse paste? It's not you specifically, but you're not the first person I've seen recently who has referred to it and didn't appear to understand what the substance is. Someone I know called it a "horse tranquilizer" in a conversation the other day. It's Ivermectin. It's a dewormer. It shows some promise, but more research is needed into its efficacy. Anyone who has a baseline knowledge of medicine would call it a de…

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Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Many people believe the caricatures Ask any politically independent or moderate person, and they can tell you everyone else only sees caricatures of the other side

The notion that there are sides and not a web of gradients is built on caricatures. It's the same kind of thinking that makes people believe the color painted over a state on the news tells you anything about an individual there.

The notion that there are sides and not a web of gradients (in the US) is built on polls. The real mystery I want an answer to is why the country us split 50/50 on almost everything.

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Someone taken in by the ruse, on being told it was a ruse... > “It may be a lie, but the fact I believed it speaks volumes about my enemies, and not me” ... that's pretty much the zeitgeist of our times. (By which I mean, people who are on Twitter and Facebook) facepalm

I believe that tweet was intended as comedy.

https://twitter.com/Hbomberguy

You can just check. It's not typing a name into google is difficult.

Re: Trolls convinced journalists they were “abortion bounty hunters”

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Oh hey, cool to see my article here. If anyone has questions or wants further details on anything, I'm happy to stick around this thread for a bit. I've paid altogether too much attention to this saga; glad it's going to some use.

yes, my question is, WHAT should have tipped the journalists off? If this was some elaborate puzzle what were the actual clues? or are they just supposed to dismiss anything that "sounds" unusual. And that goes for both cases, the bounty hunters and the trans one. Your article claims it was "obvious" but you NEVER mention WHY it was obvious
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