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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTHERE is no post on the Hill's site or twitter stating RBG has died. We've been trolled!
THat LBN thread links to a 404 error site! The poster has been tombstoned.
I hate that we were trolled but I am just grateful that RBG is with us!
***Let's turn this into a gratitude thread instead for the wonderful Ruth Bader Ginsburg! ***
elleng
(131,013 posts)questionseverything
(9,656 posts)are u sure?
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:53 AM - Edit history (1)
lunasun
(21,646 posts)backtoblue
(11,344 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,993 posts)Too many bad people in this world.
mopinko
(70,150 posts)what a shit thing to do.
BlueMTexpat
(15,370 posts)I nearly had a heart attack at the news!
Please stay with us a little longer, RBG!!! Please!!!
likesmountains 52
(4,098 posts)rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)onecaliberal
(32,875 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)Typical reichwinger: the troll thought that we would just accept the news without verifying. Idjit didn't know that that is precisely what their side does, not ours.
dweller
(23,647 posts)short fuk you post
on it,
and
it was locked, tombstoned and vanished...
good
✌🏼
Denzil_DC
(7,246 posts)I checked the story out - 404 at the Hill link, no other outlet had it on Google, nothing at all on Twitter.
Once I was ready to vote, when I did so, the message said I wasn't serving on a jury.
Quick work, MIRT!
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)I didn't want to post until sure, but after checking the Hill's twitter feed, I knew for sure.
Denzil_DC
(7,246 posts)When I tried to search for the post to see who'd put it up, it was already gone!
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)If she really died, there'd be around a hundred threads about it right away.
bdamomma
(63,903 posts)crap I posted that this woman is very much alive.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12451422
bluestarone
(16,993 posts)TY too!
rurallib
(62,431 posts)Knowing Ginsburg is on guard!
Me.
(35,454 posts)God bless her and her lovely life
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)The relief takes focus but oh how I'd like to....well you know. After I read it I googled...nothing, I wondered why they hadn't interrupted Rachel and came back here and saw this wonderful lifegiving, happiness making thread.
Response to Me. (Reply #19)
Dennis Donovan This message was self-deleted by its author.
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...since removed, but, FFS, go to google and confirm!
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)All I saw was the LBN thread, as I immediately posted after confirming this was bogus and MIRT stepped in almost immediately to ban him. In reality, this was halted as quickly as I think possible.
Those who posted in that original LBN post were really expressing a kneejerk shock, which is quite normal.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)still_one
(92,278 posts)something like that, I would think would hit us a lot of us emotionally first before we had time to check it out
Suburban Warrior
(405 posts)...it didn't happen.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)When Scalia died SCOTUS announced it. So chill folks.
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)The troll did create a fairly believable scenario and it is not out of the question that someone on Capitol Hill would find out quickly, particularly given the attitudes of the RW.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Tension lifted.
Desert Dem
(78 posts)I didnt realize how fragile I was.
still_one
(92,278 posts)Mersky
(4,984 posts)Am still shaking it off.
Mersky
(4,984 posts)Radiolab's More Perfect podcast episode, 'Sex Appeal'
She is loved, and her life's work is invaluable to me.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,745 posts)The member who posted that has been banned.
Thank the gods!
still_one
(92,278 posts)still_one
(92,278 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)What kind of a loser piece of shit thinks that's a good way to spend their time?
Yet another by-product of the troll-in-chief. Probably did it to "win his favor."
Desert Dem
(78 posts)with his MAGA rally.
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Anyway, we need as many more, just like her, as we can get. I am extremely grateful for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Did I say we need as many RBG's as we can get.
marble falls
(57,134 posts)hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)IMMEDIATELY, using both the link he provided and doing an immediate search. There was NOTHING on their twitter feed and the article linked to a dead 404 page.
So, no. I'm not buying this was not intentional for a moment.
marble falls
(57,134 posts)the whole thing was over in about 8 minutes, not enough to catch and self delete.
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)bluestarone
(16,993 posts)Seems like the news outlets had it too? If it were a troll, how did news services get the same story? Kinda weird to me.
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)did the search as soon as the LBN post appeared (and you can prove this, since I was the first respondent).
Another poster suggests that a chyron on Fox had it, but I'm not sure he is really saying he saw it or not.
I think there is a lot of fable-creating going on now. It is hard to believe we were targeted for trolling, but it has happened before as any long-term poster knows.
bluestarone
(16,993 posts)I'm just seeing that other news sites withdrew the story. THAT's what got me wondering. Just gotta wait until whole story is cleared up! Anyway TY you made my night, because i thought i was going to flip out!!
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)I immediately posted this as soon as I'd confirmed and saw the poster was indeed a troll.
All I saw was the LBN thread, as I immediately posted after confirming this was bogus and MIRT stepped in almost immediately to ban him. In reality, this was halted as quickly as I think possible.
Those who posted in that original LBN post were really expressing a kneejerk shock, which is quite normal.
bluestarone
(16,993 posts)NOT blaming you at all sorry for the confusion!
hlthe2b
(102,311 posts)bluestarone
(16,993 posts)Initech
(100,088 posts)🖕🖕🖕🖕
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)The crowd loved her!
lastlib
(23,253 posts)I --- --- RBG!!
johnp3907
(3,732 posts)I was wondering how they even lasted as long as they did with a confederate flag profile pic.