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3. At this point, though, I can't help but wonder: how many are there really? How many of

Mon Sep 20, 2021, 06:33 AM

Sep 2021

those 40,000 are bots?

I think a lot of this is ginned up by the press. Of course, that can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, but I do think we are giving too much attention to the loons.

It's like the photo from Saturday from DC where there was an overturned trash can with a little fire in it, and 30 press people crowded around it taking pictures. Because they have to come back with something, even though the event was NOTHING.

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Jumped the shark they have... [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2021 OP

I feel like I'm reading about some sort of primitive superstitious culture. Not UK or US Walleye Sep 2021 #1

Let's see lapfog_1 Sep 2021 #2

And there are those who are in critical condition... reACTIONary Sep 2021 #18

At this point, though, I can't help but wonder: how many are there really? How many of Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #3

Really good point. Probably a significant percentage, even a majority. PatrickforB Sep 2021 #10

Just like Twitter being used to show a "movement" oldsoftie Sep 2021 #14

+10 nt reACTIONary Sep 2021 #19

If she has 40,000 followers.... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #16

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The internet has become Vlad Putin/Russia's way of spreading disinformation and social unrest. Botany Sep 2021 #6

100% correct. SergeStorms Sep 2021 #17

In the summer of 2020 in the little ass town of Brandenberg, KY which is 50 miles west of ... Botany Sep 2021 #20

Oh, Delphinus Sep 2021 #7

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Hive mind. Solly Mack Sep 2021 #11

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Our greatest export: Mr. Evil Sep 2021 #15

On the subject of that there London town... T_i_B Sep 2021 #21

Deep sigh LeftishBrit Sep 2021 #22