You know those "53% people with signs"? Yeah, about that.....

[sufrommich]

Surprise, surprise, it's easy to fake. Wonder who's behind this?

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ld31t/proof_that_...

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Bravo!

[sufrommich]

3. Its from Reddit. Added link. nt

[justiceischeap]

2. Good friggin' job!

I wanna learn that trick (searching for visually similar images in Google). Can you PM me a quick tut?

I'd also venture a guess that the paper is an image, and the type is a font.

[sufrommich]

4. Sorry, someone on Reddit did it. Added link. nt

[starroute]

15. Google similar images search

It's a regular feature of Google Images. See instructions below.

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html

[FarLeftFist]

5. Excellent! Off to the greatest threads with this one. K&R!

[liberalmuse]

6. Why are they so dishonest?

You'd think they'd find enough people with their own beliefs to not have to fake something like this. This is disgraceful. These people have no honor and I truly believe they are capable of anything.

[lunasun]

27. You'd think they'd find enough people with their own beliefs

you mean out of the ""53%""????


Wall St
Wall ST
trying to make 53 out of 1%

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. LOL...they're so dishonest.

And flat-out dumb that they think stuff like this can't be traced. The print looks like that of a woman -- perhaps James O'Keefe's saucy little sidekick, Hannah What's-her-name?

[Odin2005]

8. Good job!

[daleanime]

9. Excellent work!

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. Bravo! But of course it's fake.

No one would superimpose a photograph of a note they wrote and superimpose it on their own photo taken from the internet.

[a simple pattern]

11. I wouldn't be surprised

if an HBGary type corp was behind them all

[upi402]

12. He should sue the Koch Bros.

Or Dickless Armey, Dickless Cheney, et al.


k/r

[Joe Bacon]

13. The ARMEY OF DICKS strikes again!

With the usual bag of dirty tricks and lies. Something tells me that Chariman Norquist is starting to shake in his bed...

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. Holey Moley! The 53% is exposed

[tallahasseedem]

16. Effing amazing!

Bravo!!!

[Aerows]

17. So scared they have to lie

That tells you how bogus they are - grasping at straws. Make no mistake, Republicans are disheartened. They've essentially got no one electable and know it. They will do ANYTHING to tie the 99% movement to Democrats because they have such dismal poll numbers. They WANT people enraged at the 99%, because they see anger and fear as their only hope of staying in Congress. They know they haven't got a shot at the White House - it's not because Obama is the greatest thing since sliced bread, either - it's because they have only a field of complete idiots running.

Combine that with the fact that the only message they have against the 99% is "Get a job you whiners", and you see they have a recipe for a major backlash against them.

[bleever]

18. Please also see my questions about the "Marine":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Thanks.

[varelse]

19. Excellent detective work

[SoapBox]

20. The 53% thing...TOTAL AstroTurf! Fake! Phony! Baloney!

Typical GOPBagger crap...and the Limp Main Stream Media runs with it.

Keep up the great work, 99%er's!

[nxylas]

21. I notice there's no "about us" link

We have no idea who is behind this*, and clearly they like it that way.

*=though I could hazard a guess.

[Deep13]

22. Dear RW: stop lying about us and we will stop telling the truth about you.

On second thought, no we won't.

[99th_Monkey]

23. The Koch Bros. are experts at creating faux "movements". They're at top of my list of suspects. nt

[TNLib]

24. The RW is so fucking pathetic can't they just pay someone a few dollars to hold up a sign

They have to poorly doctor up a photo of some innocent person. What a bunch of dumb asses.

[Ahpook]

28. Ohh you know thats coming :)

Now that they have been busted its a comin.

What a fucking train wreck these people are

[lunatica]

25. kick

[mother earth]

26. It's always the same BS, disinfo & propaganda Faux-style...

It kills them that the 99% are from all walks of life and of all political persuasions...it's the working class that are marching in the street. Can't beat 'em, and now we know just how scared they are of a united people. Let the wave engulf all, its finally here. No more fear, no more waiting, let's get our Jobs Bill passed now! (Edited to say, fantastic sleuthing & K & R!)

[Hutzpa]

29. A job well done

Bravo!!!

[Quixote1818]

30. K and R

[canuckledragger]

31. K & R

[OwnedByFerrets]

32. Huge K and R

[chervilant]

33. Here is the verbiage from a similar fake post:

I am a college senior, about to graduate completely debt free. I pay for my phone, internet, rent and utilities and gas for my car that is completely paid off. I work 20 hrs. a week and get paid $9 an hour. I chose an in-state public university. I have worked part time the entire time I have been here. I got DECENT grades in high school and received a number of scholarships that have allowed me to not pay anything out of pocket for school. I currently have a 3.5 GPA. I live comfortably in a cheap house with one roommate. I pay $275 for rent. I know I can’t have everything I want. I don’t eat out every day but I am smart enough with my money that I AM able to here and there. I have a credit card that I pay off EVERY month. I don’t have a smart phone, it is an unnecessary luxury. If I did have debt I would NOT blame Wall St. or the government for my own bad decisions. I live below my means to continue saving for the future. I expect nothing to be handed to me, and will continue to work for everything I have. That’s how it’s supposed to work. I am graduating with a finance degree and I already have a job lined out for after I graduate. I am NOT the 99%, and whether or not you are is YOUR decision.

I find this pathetic beyond words.

[provis99]

36. they just completely made up shit, didn't they?

You think they'd have brains enough to at least be realistic. Who the heck can rent a whole house for $275? I paid more than that for a flat in a house in Mississippi, 15 years ago.

[jmowreader]

38. He claims to have a roommate

Assuming they split rent, he's renting a whole house for $550--again, not really realistic ESPECIALLY because, if he's in college like he claims to be, he's in a college town and rents are high there.

[chervilant]

39. Yes, indeed,

and those of us who recognize this as propaganda need only do the math:

Given the purported income of this mythical uber student, he/she would have only about $245 each month to cover phone, internet, utilities, food, gas, oil changes, toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo, etc., etc., etc.

How absurd...

[xmas74]

49. I live in a college town.

If he has a house for $550 then it's a rat trap.

[NBachers]

45. Well the secret is that he's got a Finance Degree, you see . . .

[enki23]

40. No fucking college student can get a BS on a part time job with subsidy

This applies to all the fuckbags who say "go to a state school..." yadda, yadd, bullshit. State Schools Are Taxpayer Subsidized. And if this pretend motherfucker is claiming to go to a private school without debt on a part time job...

Just how fucking stupid *are* my fellow Americans, anyway?

[Canuckistanian]

34. Awesome investigation work

We just destroyed another 'shopped "53%er" pic on another thread.

You'd think they'd learn a few things from their mistakes. Like actually photographing real people holding real pieces of paper with REAL messages.

FAKE.

[LuckyLib]

35. I read the message and immediately smelled a rat. The language is that of a

native speaker of English -- pacing, phrasing, choice of "suck it up." Not likely something an adult immigrant would write. These freepers think they're clever. Love that folks using technology are on top of this kind of stuff!

[Contrary1]

37. Well, here ya go...

http://www.facebook.com/NoTeaParty

[Beartracks]

43. A shirt you might like

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[rucky]

41. To their credit, they are really good at "sucking it up". n/t

[livingonearth]

42. Another clue that a freeper wrote it:

"protesters" is spelled wrong in the note he's holding.

[chollybocker]

46. "Lazy," indeed.

Nice catch.

[donco]

44. Cool

now put the height and a side profile and send it on its way.

[ooglymoogly]

47. Smart catch...good job.

Things like this is why I and many others are addicted to this site.

[Shanti Mama]

48. Great detective work! nt