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> Or if its actually some shady privately funded project by billionaires seeking to influence elections. Let's not jump to conclusions, otherwise we are as gui

> Or if its actually some shady privately funded project by billionaires seeking to influence elections. Let's not jump to conclusions, otherwise we are as guilty of the credulity we are casting on them (Soros bucks, anyone?). Until there is hard evidence of this, please don't bandy it about.

cowmoo728 6y ago
"Rebekah Mercer is funding Parler, the social-media app touted by Republican politicians and pundits that conservatives are flocking to" https://www.businessinsider.com/rebekah-mercer-funds-parler-social-media-app-touted-by-right-2020-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/rebekah-mercer-funds-parler-... "[Robert] Mercer played a key role in the campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union by donating data analytics services to Nigel Farage. He is also a major funder of organizations supporting right-wing political causes in the United States, such as Breitbart News, and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for president." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer They're a husband and wife pair that fund hyper partisan causes, it's not exactly jumping to conclusions.
- npsimons 6y ago
  > They're a husband and wife pair that fund hyper partisan causes, it's not exactly jumping to conclusions. Well then, I am grateful you cited sources. GP proffered the claim with nothing to back it up. I'm definitely the kind to believe these claims, as I've seen them verified in other realms before (Murdoch, Ailes, Kochs, Sinclair, etc), but that's precisely why I have to question that instinct. I can't just go believing things without evidence.
- howlin 6y ago
  I'm pretty sure it's daughter-father, not wife-husband.
- MisterBastahrd 6y ago
  Dan Bongino also owns a stake in Parler. They aren't remotely for free speech either, by the way. I started an account there, disagreed with someone (I guess one of the wrong people to counter), and was banned within 10 minutes for wrongthink.

cowmoo728 6y ago

"Rebekah Mercer is funding Parler, the social-media app touted by Republican politicians and pundits that conservatives are flocking to" https://www.businessinsider.com/rebekah-mercer-funds-parler-social-media-app-touted-by-right-2020-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/rebekah-mercer-funds-parler-... "[Robert] Mercer played a key role in the campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union by donating data analytics services to Nigel Farage. He is also a major funder of organizations supporting right-wing political causes in the United States, such as Breitbart News, and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for president." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer They're a husband and wife pair that fund hyper partisan causes, it's not exactly jumping to conclusions.

npsimons 6y ago
> They're a husband and wife pair that fund hyper partisan causes, it's not exactly jumping to conclusions. Well then, I am grateful you cited sources. GP proffered the claim with nothing to back it up. I'm definitely the kind to believe these claims, as I've seen them verified in other realms before (Murdoch, Ailes, Kochs, Sinclair, etc), but that's precisely why I have to question that instinct. I can't just go believing things without evidence.
howlin 6y ago
I'm pretty sure it's daughter-father, not wife-husband.
MisterBastahrd 6y ago
Dan Bongino also owns a stake in Parler. They aren't remotely for free speech either, by the way. I started an account there, disagreed with someone (I guess one of the wrong people to counter), and was banned within 10 minutes for wrongthink.