newnton

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[–] newnton 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah yes because we live in a post-consequences-for-assholes world apparently

[–] newnton 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fun, thanks for sharing and good luck

[–] newnton 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I definitely didn’t intend to imply or accuse you of being astroturfey or anything else for that matter and I’m truly sorry it came off that way. It seems I should be much more careful in my wording. I did a bad job of paraphrasing something I heard about how the original Reddit accounts and lack of traditional organizers are a bit suspicious.

At the end of the day I think we’re all scared and trying to navigate a complex media ecosystem and it’s easy to make mistakes.

I genuinely have heard concerns from friends and was trying to check their veracity. It seems from what I’ve heard here that they are bogus and I’m grateful to the commenters who have pointed that out.

I added an edit to my original comment to try to make this clearer to anyone else who’s been fed the same misinformation as me and I’ll definitely share that with my community.

[–] newnton 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Ugh I hope not, if so it’s worked on at least a few people in my community and I apologize for helping it propagate with my comment here

[–] newnton 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I definitely will ask, that’s what I was trying to do with my original comment. It seems like it’s not a widely shared concern which I’m very glad to see.

I definitely don’t mean to discourage attendance or anything like that, I totally agree with you that as long as people are cautious about PII, etc. there shouldn’t be more risk here than at any other protest

[–] newnton -2 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

I’m just echoing some suspicions I’ve heard from more knowledgeable friends and was asking, I don’t really know enough detail to have any opinion myself; sorry if it’s a silly question.

I’ve just heard that organizers coming out of it/ the Reddit accounts that originally elevated it seemed astroturfeyand there’s concern there, and I’ve seen some more paranoid ideas thrown around about it but idk

[–] newnton -3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (10 children)

I’ve heard from some of my more active friends that none of the usual leaders or orgs they know of were a part of founding this and there’s some suspicion it was created by right wingers to collect data; can anyone speak to this?

Edit: It seems that this claim is likely being made (either maliciously or like in this case just stupidly :P) to suppress protest turnout.

[–] newnton 44 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Man fuck Reddit

[–] newnton 19 points 2 months ago

You didn’t mention his girlfriend/ maybe future wife was on the plane he shot down, what a crazy story

[–] newnton 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And basing the character on their boss

[–] newnton 29 points 4 months ago

“At press time, Butker’s wife admitted her girdle no longer fit because she was pregnant with Colin Kaepernick’s child“ sent me

[–] newnton 5 points 5 months ago

I see perun I upvote perun, I’m a simple man

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