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2014-02-28 -Land of the Free

Glenn Beck: Could some net trolls be gov't operatives ?

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Drag a $100 bill through a government office and you never know what kind of trash you'll pick up.

Posted by no mo uro 2014-02-28 05:58|| 2014-02-28 05:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course they are paid operatives. Who would support Obama and his gang if they were not receiving compensation either directly or indirectly?

Does anyone on the rantburg think jerk face killa was not being compensated?

I will also suggest the commenters who promote revolutionary violence are also plants looking for targets.

Posted by Airandee 2014-02-28 06:42|| 2014-02-28 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Agreed. Even the intitials (JFK) were supposed to be a joke on us. A sick one, of course. When you are so immature and craven that that sort of snide condescension is what passes for humor, you are likely the kind of person who would take DNC money to post worthless hateful vomit on a site like this one.

I read the 'burg almost every day, and I have not seen these calls for violent revolution, Airandee.

Have I been missing something?

Posted by no mo uro 2014-02-28 08:05|| 2014-02-28 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 @no mo uro - if you missed "jerk face killa,"as referenced by Airandee, you missed experiencing a surrogate for the feeling that you really should have bought two-ply..

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-02-28 09:21|| 2014-02-28 09:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I've always had suspected that Jerk Off Killa wasn't really a person but some software application designed to inject DNC talking points into social media.
Scan the conversation for codewords and post pre-established talking points when certain conditions were met.
He (or it) would swoop in, leave his little droppings and then leave. I've been seeing more and more of these type of trolls.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-02-28 10:27|| 2014-02-28 10:27|| Front Page Top

#6 He (or it) would swoop in, leave his little droppings and then leave.

I have yet to see one who could argue coherently and effectively on a blog like Rantburg. Whenever they try they get shredded. It's fun to watch the Rantburgers do it to them.

If the DNC is paying for them they are certainly not getting their money's worth.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-02-28 11:34|| 2014-02-28 11:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry to say, though, I could not read Beck's article. Too many popups. That always makes me afraid the site is gonna give me cooties.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-02-28 11:37|| 2014-02-28 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 EUSSR to spend 3 million quid on internet trolls

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-02-28 12:00|| 2014-02-28 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 At this point, I doubt that anything would surprise me with regards to this regime.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-02-28 12:14|| 2014-02-28 12:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Social media analyst jobs

Somewhere - DC, Chicago, NYC, LA - there is grant money being used to fund a social media analyst or two.

Posted by mossomo 2014-02-28 13:43|| 2014-02-28 13:43|| Front Page Top

#11 CrazyFool, Your premise is fascinating. We should craete a thread a rantburg and just have random words and see if any cause a response.

I've always felt that Sorros probably had a stable of trolls that he pays to throw dung around.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-02-28 14:59|| 2014-02-28 14:59|| Front Page Top

#12 I've always had suspected that Jerk Off Killa wasn't really a person but some software application designed to inject DNC talking points into social media.

Nah. He had very limited repertoire, but I don't think it was a script. I also don't think our "Troll from Toronto" had any more objective than being obnoxious.

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if there are paid "Mobys" and trolls. I've seen a lot of political-troll-ish comments that are definitely cut-and-paste.

Posted by Pappy 2014-02-28 17:47|| 2014-02-28 17:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Your probably right Pappy. Sometimes it's hard to tell a DNC yapping troll from a simple [perl] script.

No doubt there are paid trolls out there - SOROS and his organizations have lots of money to throw around and have been known to astroturf before (Occupy Movement).

OTOH I cannot be surprised at the sheer stupidity of some, allegedly 'smart', people (nor the brilliance of some, allegedly 'stupid', people).

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-02-28 18:31|| 2014-02-28 18:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Yoohoo, Becky, do you + Barack Obama, US Army, remember me from long-ago.

A long time ago, in a Galaxy = Paula Abdul's Daddy's Coconuts from far far away .... ....

["STAR WARS" Theme here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-02-28 18:35|| 2014-02-28 18:35|| Front Page Top

#15 Youse don't - wehell,now, lets rehash/recall the days shall we???

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