The mysterious group thats picking Breitbart apart

[PatSeg]

The mysterious group that’s picking Breitbart apart, one tweet at a time

Hardly anyone paid attention last November when a strangely named Twitter account, Sleeping Giants, sent its first tweet into the digisphere. “Are you aware that you’re advertising on Breitbart, the alt-right’s biggest champion, today?” read the tweet, aimed at a consumer lending outfit called Social Finance. “Are you supporting them publicly?” Within 30 minutes, Social Finance replied, tweeting that it would stop running ads on Breitbart.

It was, it turns out, the start of an odd, and oddly effective, social media campaign against Breitbart, the influential conservative news site headed by Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former campaign chairman and ex-chief White House strategist.

Sleeping Giants is a mysterious group that has no address, no organizational structure and no officers. At least none that are publicly known. All of its leaders are anonymous, and much of what it claims is difficult to independently verify. A spokesman for the group wouldn’t identify himself in interviews for this article.

But the group does have a singular purpose, pursued as relentlessly as Ahab chasing a whale: It aims to drive advertisers away from Breitbart. “We’re trying to defund bigotry,” the spokesman says.

More at link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-mysterious-group-thats-picking-breitbart-apart-one-tweet-at-a-time/2017/09/22/df1ee0c0-9d5c-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html?utm_term=.e789f84e9276#comments

[HAB911]

1. Advertisers who have dropped Breitbart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i9o8CR_kjJ6mBd44k6CRZEhlXuZqq-XCCOoj-e8RJ7Q/edit#gid=0

[PatSeg]

3. Thank you

I hadn't seen that.

There are two message boards at Amazon that have been quite active for months now, yet no one can get Amazon to respond in any way. They don't respond to emails or petitions.

https://www.amazon.com/forum/complaints/ref=cm_cd_notf_reply?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3AIHNUJL58YVF&cdPage=85&cdShowEdit=Mx2GBVHZFZE4GN&cdThread=TxAC51V7JGZNDT#Mx2GBVHZFZE4GN

[dalton99a]

2. Great tactic

[UtahLib]

4. More power to them!

[physioex]

5. I don't this will work....

Breitbart is funded by Robert Mercer and is motivated by ideology not profit. Best of luck with this......

[PatSeg]

6. This is true

They do have access to funds, but this brings Breitbart to the attention of a lot more people, as well as making advertisers aware of the situation.

[physioex]

7. Cool Beans...

I just want you to be aware of the challenges we are up against

[PatSeg]

8. That's for sure

We live in very challenging times and always have to be on guard.

[PatSeg]

9. Someone recommended using "Wikibuy"

an extension on Chrome. When you shop on Amazon, it will show other suppliers for the item that you are shopping for and gives you a price history on the item. I already bought something that was in my "saved cart" from someone else.

[Hortensis]

10. And it's such a reputable way to go after Breitbart: with the truth!

I'm a great admirer of these people.

[PatSeg]

12. Me too

I love how they are doing this.

[Old Vet]

14. Funny how the truth works that way, They sure have my attention now.....

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Ooooh my ... your sig line ... so true ! nt

[PatSeg]

13. Thank you

It really jumped out at me the first time I saw it.

[mountain grammy]

15. Sleeping Giants. RESIST!

[PatSeg]

16. They are turning out to be

what some thought Anonymous was a couple years ago. Its probably better to have a real name, so troublemakers don't claim to be you, as with Anonymous.

[mountain grammy]

17. Started following them on twitter.

thanks for the post!

[PatSeg]

19. You're welcome

I started following them on Facebook today. Really cool people.

[jcmaine72]

18. Breitbart is Hate Speech central. A latter day Der Sturmer

By hook or by crook, they need to be put out of business permanently.

[PatSeg]

20. We can hope

If not put out of business, at least made irrelevant.

[UTUSN]

21. Rec for the thread content but could have done without BANNON's pic

[PatSeg]

22. Yeah

Sorry, that is a face that would curdle milk.