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FelineOverlord

(3,773 posts) Sat Dec 19, 2020, 12:13 PM Dec 2020

4Chan Hoax Tricked Presidential Elector

Remember that "story" about John Roberts shouting at other Supreme Court justices? That one that made no sense because the justices are meeting remotely?

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4Chan Hoax Tricked Presidential Elector (Original Post) FelineOverlord Dec 2020 OP

I wouldn't assume the Elector was fooled. Mariana Dec 2020 #1

Time to flush 4chan to the internet sewer it came from. Initech Dec 2020 #2

Yeah. Fooled. Iggo Dec 2020 #3

It's not hard to trick Republicans. subterranean Dec 2020 #4

Mariana

(15,227 posts)

1. I wouldn't assume the Elector was fooled.

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Sat Dec 19, 2020, 12:36 PM

Dec 2020

Right wingers constantly spread lies that they know perfectly well are lies.

Initech

(102,863 posts)

2. Time to flush 4chan to the internet sewer it came from.

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Sat Dec 19, 2020, 12:40 PM

Dec 2020

Iggo

(48,659 posts)

3. Yeah. Fooled.

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Sat Dec 19, 2020, 12:46 PM

Dec 2020

subterranean

(3,549 posts)

4. It's not hard to trick Republicans.

Reply to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Sat Dec 19, 2020, 12:51 PM

Dec 2020

Anyone with a keyboard can do it. Just make up some outrageous conspiracy about election fraud (or whatever the issue of the day is), post it on a fringe right-wing message board or Twitter, and it will quickly filter up to some far-right website like the Gateway Pundit, then to right-wing TV, and soon a right-wing politician will be repeating it as fact without verifying whether it's true. It's a pattern we've seen repeated numerous times in the last month and a half. I suspect the Russians have noticed this.

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