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In reply to the discussion: White nationalists and Twitter bots fueled the war against Al Franken and the Democrats fell for it [View all]Cosmocat
(14,575 posts)15. Either way
it was bullshit.
People need to WTF up to these quick moving tides of public opinion and know that most often they have malicious under pinnings, and most often lead to regrettable outcomes.
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White nationalists and Twitter bots fueled the war against Al Franken and the Democrats fell for it [View all]
Soph0571
Feb 2018
OP
Yes, binary / all-or-nothing / puristic thinking is fallacious thinking. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2018
#3
These news "aggregators" get by with a lot ... I can't get your link to work, however...
hlthe2b
Feb 2018
#5
NY Times' Michele Goldberg Editorial "Franken Must Go" on Nov 16th probably had more impact
wishstar
Feb 2018
#11
democrats continue to ignore talk radio, which provides a huge part of the buzz and
certainot
Feb 2018
#47
Chris Cilizza? If he's considered an influential voice of Dems, we are in big trouble n/t
kcr
Feb 2018
#76
The Media never reported the relationship with Tweeden and Trump Jr and all the tweets
hexola
Feb 2018
#40
if democrats didn't routinely ignore talk radio they would have been able to associate it with
certainot
Feb 2018
#52
I emailed everyone of the Democratic Senators, Chairman of the DNC, and the DSCC telling
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2018
#31
We knew this as it happened - Hamilton 68 called it out as it was happening
getagrip_already
Feb 2018
#63
There are a BUNCH of russian trolls out there still trying to sow discord with Democrats.
lancelyons
Feb 2018
#73
We Dems want to be so pure that we might as well commit seppuku and be done with it
Mountain Mule
Feb 2018
#84
Makes sense. I thought it was manipulation at the time. Seemed obvious to me.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2018
#87
What a shock. NOne of us here had ANY idea that was happening. Duh. We were talking about it
Amaryllis
Feb 2018
#102
count me in with those "Progressive women who are deeply resentful of Gillibrand"
orleans
Feb 2018
#117
Ooops. Looks like some people got duped on this story. Who would have thunk?
NCTraveler
Feb 2018
#127