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UTUSN

(70,641 posts)
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 02:14 PM Oct 2016

Which of us are on active duty in the"army of trolls"bullying the"Dilbert"dude for hisDRUMPF-love?!1

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/05/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-says-was-targeted-by-clinton-supporters-for-trump-endorsement.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
[font size=5]'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams says he was targeted by Clinton supporters for Trump endorsement[/font]

Scott Adams, who pens the popular comic strip Dilbert, and who has been an outspoken Donald Trump booster this election, says he’s been targeted by an army of trolls for his conservative leanings, on social media and across the web.

In an essay for his blog, Adams says he was “shadowbanned” by Twitter as part of an organized effort to silence him online — an effort that started when Adams asked Trump supporters to Tweet him accounts of being bullied by Democrats.

According to his account, the social media company — which has had issues with its Trust and Safety Council shutting down “unpopular viewpoints” before — didn’t remove him from their social media platform in an official way, but prevented his followers from seeing his Tweets and replies.

Adams also claims that Clinton supporters — or, at least, Clinton-supporting Twitter bots — have been filling his mentions with nasty, often similar, replies.

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Which of us are on active duty in the"army of trolls"bullying the"Dilbert"dude for hisDRUMPF-love?!1 (Original Post) UTUSN Oct 2016 OP
the tragedy of this is DonCoquixote Oct 2016 #1
Just....WOW... alittlelark Oct 2016 #2
Fuck him mwrguy Oct 2016 #3
It's not bullying Matrosov Oct 2016 #4
I don't care for bullying of any type. cwydro Oct 2016 #5
This was intended as mocking *him* as the Bully over the years, how he framed his support of the UTUSN Oct 2016 #6
If "shadowbanning" means blocking him from my feed… regnaD kciN Oct 2016 #7
Dilbert is not funny and never will be. Rex Oct 2016 #8
It has its moments gratuitous Oct 2016 #9
I grew up spoiled on Bloom County and The Far Side. Rex Oct 2016 #10
Scott who? Mc Mike Oct 2016 #11

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
1. the tragedy of this is
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 02:17 PM
Oct 2016

Adams is perhaps the best illustrator of the stupid mentality that has allowed the GOP to cause so much harm: The pointy haired idiot boss. It is one thing if he dislike Hillary, but his support of Trump is like a lung cancer survivor taking up smoking.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
5. I don't care for bullying of any type.
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 02:36 PM
Oct 2016

Diasappointed that he supports that cretin, but he has that right.

UTUSN

(70,641 posts)
6. This was intended as mocking *him* as the Bully over the years, how he framed his support of the
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 04:09 PM
Oct 2016

cretin, and how he now is whining about it all.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
7. If "shadowbanning" means blocking him from my feed…
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 04:10 PM
Oct 2016

…yeah, then I guess I'm part of the troll army.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. It has its moments
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 04:46 PM
Oct 2016

But I think Adams is finding out (via social media) that there's a boatload of people funnier than he could ever hope to be. I'm disinclined to listen to his whining about being "shadowbanned," whatever the hell that is.

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