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self | 07/23/2015 | self

Posted on 07/23/2015 6:40:42 AM PDT by saminfl

Rush Limbaugh states that he has discovered that only 12 to 15 liberals have developed a way to make them look like thousands of posters on social sites and emailers to companies. Is this possible and if so, why can't our side do the same thing?


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This woulod be a powerful tool.
1 posted on 07/23/2015 6:40:42 AM PDT by saminfl
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It wouldn’t, because the MSM would be told of the scheme and trumpet it loudly as proof that conservatism has to create “astroturf” to cover the “fact” that it has no grass roots. Just as, e.g., yesterday’s 10,000 in Times Square to protest the Iran deal will receive less air time from the MSM than 10 protestors of Donald Trump.


2 posted on 07/23/2015 6:45:02 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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How do you know they don’t?.......................


3 posted on 07/23/2015 6:45:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: saminfl

What would the response be if/when it was discovered that all the posters were fake? Liberals can get away with it, conservatives can’t.


4 posted on 07/23/2015 6:45:09 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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Why not? Because it is very likely not strictly legal.


5 posted on 07/23/2015 6:45:17 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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I know I may sound naive, but I think deceit and fraudulent practices are the specialty of liberals. Conservatives lean more toward honesty, at least that’s what I find.


6 posted on 07/23/2015 6:45:30 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: saminfl
It would be a powerful BUT DISHONEST act.

Do you really believe winning by any means, legal or illegal, is worth it?

I do not.

I have to be able to look in the mirror with my value system still intact.

7 posted on 07/23/2015 6:46:45 AM PDT by Rapscallion
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To: saminfl

Would we want to play the game with liberal methods like lying, deceit and phony numbers?


8 posted on 07/23/2015 6:46:46 AM PDT by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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No, we conservatives prefer Honesty over Loudness.

9 posted on 07/23/2015 6:47:24 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; saminfl

“Why not? Because it is very likely not strictly legal.”

Yes, it’s strictly against Twitter and FaceBook policy. Yet the policy is not enforced...


10 posted on 07/23/2015 6:48:18 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: saminfl

It is a powerful tool. Astroturfing. Takes a bit of hardware, so as to make communications appear to come from different places (if the communications is via computer network); but some of that hardware is generally available to the public anyway. Snail mail can be used the same way, “personalized mass mailing,” but in reverse with the recipient being the same person, and the sender creating what looks like different authors. “Mail merge” function in your word processor.


11 posted on 07/23/2015 6:49:32 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Why? Because we have real jobs.


12 posted on 07/23/2015 6:50:11 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: saminfl

Fraud is “their thing”.


13 posted on 07/23/2015 6:50:14 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I don’t believe there is any crime involved. Posts are to open venues, newspapers, polls, social media, etc. There is absolutely no requirement to be honest or truthful in those venues.


14 posted on 07/23/2015 6:51:16 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Stand on truth or don’t stand at all.


15 posted on 07/23/2015 6:51:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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LOL! The policy would be enforced if a conservative group were to try the same thing once some whiney ass lib discovered it. The libs, business as usual.


16 posted on 07/23/2015 6:56:24 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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-- It wouldn't, because the MSM would be told of the scheme and trumpet it loudly as proof that conservatism has to create "astroturf" to cover the "fact" that it has no grass roots. --

Yep. The mass and social media "peer pressure" tools are regulated by liberals, so (even credible) accusations of wrongdoing by liberals are suppressed, and accusations of (even imaginary) wrongdoing by their opponents are amplified. It is a rigged playing field, and the best antidote is to teach people to think for themselves.

17 posted on 07/23/2015 6:56:47 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: JudyinCanada

Of my 380+ twitter followers 97% are real.

https://www.twitteraudit.com/

I reach some 380 people which isn’t half bad for a nobody like me. I’ve got some quality followers like Michelle Malkin.


18 posted on 07/23/2015 6:57:00 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: saminfl

It’s mainly designed to work on mindless idiots that don’t think for themselves and jump on the latest bandwagon that’s passing by.

Phony group think, while it has some success, doesn’t have a lot of success with the thinking class because someone will point out the flaw in the thinking.


19 posted on 07/23/2015 6:57:23 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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Many/most Facebook and Twitter pages that deal with politics, celebrities, and commercial products are fake. This has long been known. Who knows how many Free Republic posters are fake?


20 posted on 07/23/2015 6:57:37 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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