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Did you really link to russianlago, an actual shill subreddit? Also thinkprogress is a shill advocacy organization. > However that's not what has been done, bu
by zombieprocesses 9y ago
Did you really link to russianlago, an actual shill subreddit? Also thinkprogress is a shill advocacy organization.
> However that's not what has been done, but the a) use of shills and fake personas to pump up opinion b) creation of fake "grassroots movements" and "news articles" with a divisive purpose
This has been done since forever. People supporting Obama did in 2008. Those supporting Ron Paul did it. Bernie sanders supporters did it and so did hillary supporters.
- raverbashing 9y agoAd-Hominem and Whataboutism on the same comment, congrats
- zombieprocesses 9y agoI was directly responding to your point. You said shilling is bad. I agree. But it doesn't do your argument any favor when you use two shill sites to defend your position. Russianlago is a shill subreddit. Everyone knows this. Thinkprogress is a shill advocacy group. It's in their mission statement. Also, "Ad-Hominem and Whataboutism" is the easiest way to spot shilling. The fact that it is capitalized makes me believe it was copied and pasted from a list of talking points. If you truly believed shilling was bad, you wouldn't support russianlago or thinkprogress. But the fact that you linked to those two makes me believe you actually support shilling. Just the shilling you agree with. Just an observation.
- raverbashing 9y ago> But it doesn't do your argument any favor when you use two shill sites to defend your position And it doesn't help your point that you conveniently ignored the point these two websites are making, and that have been reported by others as well. "Everybody knows this" is a cop-out. Shilling is bad, but water is still wet regardless if it's reported by TP or FoxNews or Breitbart, as opposed to you who prefers to shoot the messenger and has a 32 day old account. Just an observation