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95. I wouldn't even know what was on Twitter or Facebook

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 05:51 PM

Feb 2018

If it wasn't for the TV media and news websites regurgitating all the shit-posting there it 24/7.

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White nationalists and Twitter bots fueled the war against Al Franken and the Democrats fell for it [View all] Soph0571 Feb 2018 OP

Denial is not just a river in Egypt... hlthe2b Feb 2018 #1

+ 1000 chuckstevens Feb 2018 #2

+1001 Baitball Blogger Feb 2018 #6

Post #116. "RawStory pulled the article because it contained bullshit." Hortensis Feb 2018 #120

Yes, binary / all-or-nothing / puristic thinking is fallacious thinking. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2018 #3

It's co-conspirator? Roy Rolling Feb 2018 #27

And willingness to believe questionable allegations spooky3 Feb 2018 #48

EXACTLY! NT onlyadream Feb 2018 #65

Hear, hear!!! EffieBlack Feb 2018 #78

I know. ananda Feb 2018 #94

Agree+++ xxqqqzme Feb 2018 #119

This is Raw Story stealing content to generate hits to its ad-filled website oberliner Feb 2018 #4

These news "aggregators" get by with a lot ... I can't get your link to work, however... hlthe2b Feb 2018 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author femmedem Feb 2018 #7

The link doesn't seem to be clickable oberliner Feb 2018 #8

Try this link: hlthe2b Feb 2018 #10

Yep - I was about to post that as well! oberliner Feb 2018 #12

Didn't you post just a bit about Sen. Frankin? Kingofalldems Feb 2018 #43

Absolutely - even more than that oberliner Feb 2018 #57

lol you fell for IT ! stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #121

These two things can be true at the same time oberliner Feb 2018 #122

That article was posted on DU. demmiblue Feb 2018 #9

It was a legit op-ed but used nefariously oberliner Feb 2018 #14

Like hell it was n/t kcr Feb 2018 #75

NY Times' Michele Goldberg Editorial "Franken Must Go" on Nov 16th probably had more impact wishstar Feb 2018 #11

Either way Cosmocat Feb 2018 #15

That's what democracy and due process are supposed to do! Beartracks Feb 2018 #118

I had no idea Cillizza had written a piece about that dsc Feb 2018 #20

And they are immune to Russian influence? hexola Feb 2018 #37

democrats continue to ignore talk radio, which provides a huge part of the buzz and certainot Feb 2018 #47

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #59

You are right. Keep reminding us! n/t ms liberty Feb 2018 #98

Chris Cilizza? If he's considered an influential voice of Dems, we are in big trouble n/t kcr Feb 2018 #76

Totally agree. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #88

Remember when attacking Leeann Tweeden on DU was denounced ... EricMaundry Feb 2018 #13

Yep.. too bad rainlillie Feb 2018 #19

The Media never reported the relationship with Tweeden and Trump Jr and all the tweets hexola Feb 2018 #40

Russians... hexola Feb 2018 #41

Hers is the one complaint that seemed reasonable to me spooky3 Feb 2018 #54

Some of it was. And that's STILL worthy of denunciation. There was plenty RandomAccess Feb 2018 #70

I AM STILL FURIOUS OVER THIS....... a kennedy Feb 2018 #16

I am too. rainlillie Feb 2018 #18

Count me in!!! pazzyanne Feb 2018 #30

if democrats didn't routinely ignore talk radio they would have been able to associate it with certainot Feb 2018 #52

I knew it was bull$hit! rainlillie Feb 2018 #17

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She will not win the primary. tavernier Feb 2018 #29

Many were fooled DownriverDem Feb 2018 #21

He totally can never run again, which was their intention. lark Feb 2018 #24

Exactly! rainlillie Feb 2018 #26

lark, I respectfully blue-wave Feb 2018 #86

I wish you were right. lark Feb 2018 #89

K&R lark Feb 2018 #22

Shouldnt every campaign and elected official have someone to botcheck AllyCat Feb 2018 #28

I emailed everyone of the Democratic Senators, Chairman of the DNC, and the DSCC telling sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #31

Why Franken? Because he was the person among all the Democrats who knew how to enough Feb 2018 #32

Why Franken? Because he couldn't keep his hands to himself mythology Feb 2018 #35

"Due Process" certainly confirmed that. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #38

Agree nt spooky3 Feb 2018 #56

so you fell for it ? stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #50

Many really don't like to admit when they're wrong. Even to themselves n/t kcr Feb 2018 #79

You believed stories from three trumpanzees wellst0nev0ter Feb 2018 #106

No, I support Al Franken kcr Feb 2018 #123

Ah sorry, I read your post wrong wellst0nev0ter Feb 2018 #129

Ironic. Franken himself apologized mythology Feb 2018 #125

The weaponizing of "apologies" kcr Feb 2018 #126

Anonymous "multiple" for the most part. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #51

right - bullshit nadine_mn Feb 2018 #62

Exactly pandr32 Feb 2018 #71

Well, evidently there are a few still around on DU! n/t Denzil_DC Feb 2018 #74

Not only did the accusers pretty much vanish, but... Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2018 #77

Correct pandr32 Feb 2018 #80

You are woefully uninformed. Jakes Progress Feb 2018 #83

Bring him back. zentrum Feb 2018 #33

It was a hit job, and we had inside help. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #34

Yep. dalton99a Feb 2018 #69

Anomomous accusations and mostly right wing accusers Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #36

Maybe Tina Dupuy will return to DU and mountain grammy Feb 2018 #39

Seems Franken was to biggest to fall for it. He resigned. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #42

I think he saw it as a losing battle that would cause deepER divisions... NurseJackie Feb 2018 #46

I think he got railroaded. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #49

"We lost." NurseJackie Feb 2018 #55

Im still angry and disgusted about this as well. Bluepinky Feb 2018 #44

There you have it. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #53

What do you mean? Bluepinky Feb 2018 #64

He was in one of the greatest deliberative bodies in the world. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #68

No doubt those assholes Cernovich and Posobiec played a part in this. Initech Feb 2018 #45

The lesson we can learn from this and things like it is this: PatrickforO Feb 2018 #58

Were basic background checks done on accusers? suegeo Feb 2018 #60

She wanted to get her presidential opponent out of the way. WhiteTara Feb 2018 #61

Yes, it's like putting the "K.G." in KGB. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #66

It was. He was definitely on his way to becoming WhiteTara Feb 2018 #67

We knew this as it happened - Hamilton 68 called it out as it was happening getagrip_already Feb 2018 #63

Here is an actual post from that time period, word for word. rzemanfl Feb 2018 #72

There are a BUNCH of russian trolls out there still trying to sow discord with Democrats. lancelyons Feb 2018 #73

Yup, the vast majority of Democratic Senators Progressive dog Feb 2018 #81

The GOP is too lazy to do their own ratfucking these days?? Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #82

We Dems want to be so pure that we might as well commit seppuku and be done with it Mountain Mule Feb 2018 #84

Well, duh! blue-wave Feb 2018 #85

That was worth repeating LiberalLovinLug Feb 2018 #92

Makes sense. I thought it was manipulation at the time. Seemed obvious to me. Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #87

Wow - maybe Al should run again malaise Feb 2018 #90

Why did Al have to resign but the Senators give Tom Carper-DE a pass? madville Feb 2018 #91

Roger Stone should be packed in a hyperbaric chamber for the next 5 years annabanana Feb 2018 #93

I wouldn't even know what was on Twitter or Facebook madville Feb 2018 #95

I honestly think his decision to resign Mr.Bill Feb 2018 #96

Once Franken Lost The Useful Idiots wellst0nev0ter Feb 2018 #108

SOME "Democrats fell for it". SergeStorms Feb 2018 #97

Godsdammit, when are we going to learn to defend our own? Hekate Feb 2018 #99

I was forwarded that article multiple times. LisaM Feb 2018 #100

only STUPID people fell for it, and/or people who HATED Al Franken Skittles Feb 2018 #101

Like Al Franken himself? progressoid Feb 2018 #105

he left because he could not bear putting his family through it Skittles Feb 2018 #107

So what was he apologizing for then? progressoid Feb 2018 #110

APOLOGIZING SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH Skittles Feb 2018 #111

How? wellst0nev0ter Feb 2018 #109

there are apologists on DU for EVERYTHING Skittles Feb 2018 #112

Damned if he Do, Damned if he Don't wellst0nev0ter Feb 2018 #113

CORRECT Skittles Feb 2018 #114

I'm not an apologist for this. progressoid Feb 2018 #115

What a shock. NOne of us here had ANY idea that was happening. Duh. We were talking about it Amaryllis Feb 2018 #102

I know many Progressive women who are deeply resentful of Gillibrand... radhika Feb 2018 #103

count me in with those "Progressive women who are deeply resentful of Gillibrand" orleans Feb 2018 #117

Fuck those fucking fucks Blue Owl Feb 2018 #104

RawStory pulled the article because it contained bullshit. greyl Feb 2018 #116

Snopes is not entirely correct here, though. As usual. kcr Feb 2018 #124

Ooops. Looks like some people got duped on this story. Who would have thunk? NCTraveler Feb 2018 #127

I didn't believe it MFM008 Feb 2018 #128