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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts) Sun Jan 20, 2013, 09:29 PM Jan 2013

Why do right-wingers outnumber left-wingers on most Internet forums? [View all]

It seems like every messaging board I visit outside of DU and MediaMatters, conservatives tend to outnumber liberals. It has been the case from my experience so far whether it's reading comments from sports forums, Urban Dictionary, YouTube, or Yahoo. Whenever I hear somebody on these types of sites talk about something politics-related, it's usually some RW talking points or something that is anti-Obama.

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Why do right-wingers outnumber left-wingers on most Internet forums? [View all] Jamaal510 Jan 2013 OP

i dont know samsingh Jan 2013 #1

Sports forums: duh. Yahoo = duh, it's for people who don't use the SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #2

Yahoo is also unmoderated Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2013 #30

I think the mods are RWers. I've had posts that do not violate the TOS at all SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #43

The Koch brothers have an awful lot of money available to pay trolls. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #3

Why? Because internet discussion boards are so important? Bucky Jan 2013 #47

We lefties have a real life... agracie Jan 2013 #4

right on, I like that Coolest Ranger Jan 2013 #17

That was my thought as well. n/t 2theleft Jan 2013 #20

Yahoo is full of them rightsideout Jan 2013 #5

For sure. Some of the comments are downright disgusting. n/t agracie Jan 2013 #8

When I want to blow off steam, I go to Yahoo Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2013 #29

Liberals have jobs? Ruby the Liberal Jan 2013 #6

Because contrary to popular opinion, we liberals are too busy working for a living. Many more brewens Jan 2013 #7

i'm pretty sure the rw'ers get gubmint "nut checks" datasuspect Jan 2013 #10

It's funny how early voting was a Republican idea. The theory was that working brewens Jan 2013 #19

I've have RWers complain that - because I'm retired ... Bigmack Jan 2013 #25

Because they are losers who have nothing better to do all day. nt Speck Tater Jan 2013 #9

Because their self-worth teeters precariously on Shankapotomus Jan 2013 #11

Nothing better to do jberryhill Jan 2013 #12

Same as on talk radio. Atman Jan 2013 #13

They're just louder, is all. TransitJohn Jan 2013 #14

Thank you, that's what I was going to say. NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #23

A couple of thoughts come to mind. silverweb Jan 2013 #15

Thank you this is something I have ALWAYS wondered myself Coolest Ranger Jan 2013 #16

Years ago I was at another forum. I wrote to the Repub. "You people are being paid to say Cal33 Jan 2013 #18

Gotta be paid trolls. Denninmi Jan 2013 #21

They are paid to spam/troll the net with right wing propaganda. Dawson Leery Jan 2013 #22

Because they have nothing else to do. DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #24

$$$$$ GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #26

Na'. Most right-wingers I run into hardly have a pot to piss in... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #27

paid trolls annabanana Jan 2013 #28

+1 Incitatus Jan 2013 #37

I think it's a combo of a lot of things already mentioned...a LisaLynne Jan 2013 #31

cuz the tea party & gop are organized, funded and pissed off. The DNC has allowed the gop to dictate okaawhatever Jan 2013 #32

Grumpy white retired people that..... Bonhomme Richard Jan 2013 #33

hey! i`m old ,white ,and grumpy.... madrchsod Jan 2013 #35

I never said it was exclusive to wingers. Ha! n/t Bonhomme Richard Jan 2013 #46

because we have a life beyond the thunder dome madrchsod Jan 2013 #34

Wise stay silent nt tama Jan 2013 #36

Do you comment on every single story you read? JoeyT Jan 2013 #38

They have fewer flesh and blood friends daleo Jan 2013 #39

We work for a living. B Calm Jan 2013 #40

One word: outsourcing -- troll pay is so low overseas. Coyotl Jan 2013 #41

You must be right. It would also explain why they never go away! Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #45

I'm pleasantly surprised at SeekingAlpha.com, a financial and investing coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #42

Conservative are just driven to spew their bullshit everywhere WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #44

Touche!!! bluestate10 Jan 2013 #49

Because Leftwingers don't talk about having a job and implying that others don't work, bluestate10 Jan 2013 #48