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"Paid" demonstrators has been an accusation used by governments for several decades. Edit: https://www.yourdictionary.com/rent-a-crowd https://www.yourdictiona

"Paid" demonstrators has been an accusation used by governments for several decades. Edit: https://www.yourdictionary.com/rent-a-crowd https://www.yourdictionary.com/rent-a-crowd (Rent a crowd/mob is often used to claim the protest is attended by people paid to be there, and was first coined in the mid 20th century, but apparently the actual accusation (though) is as old as demonstrations)

lostlogin 9mo ago
The usual boogie man. Did you read that link? It’s hardly damming. “Through a fund, the foundation issued a $3 million grant to the Indivisible Organization that was good for two years "to support the grantee's social welfare activities.” The grants were not specifically for the No Kings protests, the foundation said.” If 7 million people protested, that 3 million over 2 years sure went a long way. They work for pennies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_No_Kings_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_No_Kings_protests
- awesome_dude 9mo ago
  I'm not sure why you are attacking me, I am clearly replying to someone who is claiming that recent times the retort of "paid demonstrators" is effective, and I have pointed out that the claim of people being paid to demonstrate has been made for decades, if not centuries. Thank you for articulating the accusation, giving me the opportunity to respond, but try to take your own advice and read what's actually being said.
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  - lostlogin 9mo ago
    You appear to have edited your comment after I replied. When I replied to you, the link in your comment was the below one. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/no-kings-protests-being-funded-by-foundations-run-by-george-soros-report-chuck-schumer-aclu https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/no-kings-protes...
    - awesome_dude 9mo ago
      Uhh - My client is showing that my comment was up for a couple of hours before you replied That's around the maximum time allowed to edit a comment on Hacker News. For the level of attack you injected in your previous comment, and now a claim of dishonesty, I would need to see some actual evidence of your claims (I know that I never posted that link, and am confused why you would try such a bizarre claim)
      - onraglanroad 9mo ago
        They replied to the wrong comment. The one they meant to reply to was from monero-xmr further down.
        lostlogin 9mo ago
        Thank you.
      - lostlogin 9mo ago
        Awesome_dude, the error is all mine and my reply was to the wrong comment. @onraglanroad thank you for pointing out the error.
    - onraglanroad 9mo ago
      You replied to the wrong person. Look further down thread for the person who posted that link.
      - lostlogin 9mo ago
        Argh. Thank you.
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lostlogin 9mo ago

The usual boogie man. Did you read that link? It’s hardly damming. “Through a fund, the foundation issued a $3 million grant to the Indivisible Organization that was good for two years "to support the grantee's social welfare activities.” The grants were not specifically for the No Kings protests, the foundation said.” If 7 million people protested, that 3 million over 2 years sure went a long way. They work for pennies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_No_Kings_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_No_Kings_protests

awesome_dude 9mo ago
I'm not sure why you are attacking me, I am clearly replying to someone who is claiming that recent times the retort of "paid demonstrators" is effective, and I have pointed out that the claim of people being paid to demonstrate has been made for decades, if not centuries. Thank you for articulating the accusation, giving me the opportunity to respond, but try to take your own advice and read what's actually being said.
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- lostlogin 9mo ago
  You appear to have edited your comment after I replied. When I replied to you, the link in your comment was the below one. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/no-kings-protests-being-funded-by-foundations-run-by-george-soros-report-chuck-schumer-aclu https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/no-kings-protes...
  - awesome_dude 9mo ago
    Uhh - My client is showing that my comment was up for a couple of hours before you replied That's around the maximum time allowed to edit a comment on Hacker News. For the level of attack you injected in your previous comment, and now a claim of dishonesty, I would need to see some actual evidence of your claims (I know that I never posted that link, and am confused why you would try such a bizarre claim)
    - onraglanroad 9mo ago
      They replied to the wrong comment. The one they meant to reply to was from monero-xmr further down.
      - lostlogin 9mo ago
        Thank you.
    - lostlogin 9mo ago
      Awesome_dude, the error is all mine and my reply was to the wrong comment. @onraglanroad thank you for pointing out the error.
  - onraglanroad 9mo ago
    You replied to the wrong person. Look further down thread for the person who posted that link.
    - lostlogin 9mo ago
      Argh. Thank you.
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