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No. There are actual voters that believe(d) this [1]. It's trolling but it needs to be addressed. [1] https://twitter.com/ch402/status/796409197411713024 https

No. There are actual voters that believe(d) this [1]. It's trolling but it needs to be addressed. [1] https://twitter.com/ch402/status/796409197411713024 https://twitter.com/ch402/status/796409197411713024

eoirs 10y ago
If you think fake news is what made trump the PEOTUS the you are a fool.
hansen 10y ago
Yeah, this thing is semi-big on reddit, and to me it looks like a lot of nuts actually believe this. But the question remains, was this thing initialized by some /pol/ übertrolls, or was it only conspiracy nuts from the beginning?
- Tsugumo 10y ago
  Started with people finding what they thought were pedo keywords in the Podesta emails. More searching led to circumstantial evidence. Besta Pizza is the one they think is most guilty. Besta Pizza logo looked a lot like a secret symbol used by pedos, until they recently changed it. Not sure how Comet fits in. Maybe Podesta ordered from them for the many 'pizza parties' referenced in his emails, with lines like 'i don't like hair on my pizza.' Combination of strange references to 'pizza' in the emails, the logos, the utter distrust of establishment politicians (especially those connected to Hillary), fuelled by ongoing theories about so-called elites' child trafficking rings (Epstein).
  - hansen 10y ago
    > what they thought What makes so sure about this? These claims are so nonsensical that it could be “what they wanted the reddit conspiracy hive-mind to believe”.
  - gnarbarian 10y ago
    Yep you're 100% on the money. I've been watching this unfold since it started with anons croudsourcing the podesta email dumps looking for crimes.
MollyR 10y ago
The new york times has no credibility with a large portion of liberals and conservatives after the last election. I don't think them addressing anything right now is a good idea. Half of my liberal friends dont trust the mainstream media at all anymore, and ALL of my conservative friends are taking the new york times articles as PROOF something is afoot.
- argonaut 10y ago
  * no credibility with a large portion of liberals and conservatives after the last election Citation needed that people think the NYTimes is lying (as opposed to selectively reporting). I don't dispute some conservatives believe the NYTimes is lying.

eoirs 10y ago

If you think fake news is what made trump the PEOTUS the you are a fool.

hansen 10y ago

Yeah, this thing is semi-big on reddit, and to me it looks like a lot of nuts actually believe this. But the question remains, was this thing initialized by some /pol/ übertrolls, or was it only conspiracy nuts from the beginning?

Tsugumo 10y ago
Started with people finding what they thought were pedo keywords in the Podesta emails. More searching led to circumstantial evidence. Besta Pizza is the one they think is most guilty. Besta Pizza logo looked a lot like a secret symbol used by pedos, until they recently changed it. Not sure how Comet fits in. Maybe Podesta ordered from them for the many 'pizza parties' referenced in his emails, with lines like 'i don't like hair on my pizza.' Combination of strange references to 'pizza' in the emails, the logos, the utter distrust of establishment politicians (especially those connected to Hillary), fuelled by ongoing theories about so-called elites' child trafficking rings (Epstein).
- hansen 10y ago
  > what they thought What makes so sure about this? These claims are so nonsensical that it could be “what they wanted the reddit conspiracy hive-mind to believe”.
- gnarbarian 10y ago
  Yep you're 100% on the money. I've been watching this unfold since it started with anons croudsourcing the podesta email dumps looking for crimes.

MollyR 10y ago

The new york times has no credibility with a large portion of liberals and conservatives after the last election. I don't think them addressing anything right now is a good idea. Half of my liberal friends dont trust the mainstream media at all anymore, and ALL of my conservative friends are taking the new york times articles as PROOF something is afoot.

argonaut 10y ago
* no credibility with a large portion of liberals and conservatives after the last election Citation needed that people think the NYTimes is lying (as opposed to selectively reporting). I don't dispute some conservatives believe the NYTimes is lying.