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There are real paid protesters but theyre all right wingers
Kali Holloway, AlterNet KALI HOLLOWAY, ALTERNET
21 JUN 2017 AT 22:11 ET
You may have mocked claims about the existence of paid protesters as just another lie from the right. As it turns out, at least on this one issue, theyre actually telling the truth. The problem is, the right neglected to mention those paid protesters are part of the right-wing apparatus.
The story starts last week, when the right wing decided to aim its selective outrage at a free staging of Shakespeares play Julius Caesar held in New York Citys Central Park. Mike Cernovich, a self-described member of the alt-right who thinks the U.S. should give immigrants IQ tests, put up a YouTube video in which he offered cash to any protesters willing to disrupt the play for pay.
Ill give up to 10 people $1,000, Cernovich says in the footage. I need you to get up with either a CNN is ISIS or Bill Clintons a rapist or The media is terrorism [sign]. And if youre able to get up and be escorted out by security, then I will give you $1,000.
In other words, Cernovich was actively and openly looking to recruit paid protesters. You know how conservatives made up that ridiculous myth about George Soros sending checks to liberals who march in protests? This is the real version of that, only sponsored by Cernovich.
More:
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/there-are-real-paid-protesters-but-theyre-all-right-wingers/
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There are real paid protesters but theyre all right wingers (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jun 2017
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tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)1. Not in the least surprising.
Conservatives are Master Projectors.
napi21
(45,806 posts)2. I think that's the reason the Pubs always accuse the Dems of having them. They believe
if they do something then the Dems do to. It's always been that way. We've been accused of enabling unregistered people to vote, hacking voting machines, spying on them, and many other things that we don't do but THEY DO! Also, NO DEM CANDIDATE had tp pay people to attend his announcement that he's running for Prez, but THE CON MAN DID!
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)3. Severely accurate! They can't win if they don't lie, steal, and cheat. n/t
Chakaconcarne
(2,462 posts)4. Of course... you ALWAYS frame the message
True or not, before the other side has a chance.
Iplayoneontv
(77 posts)5. They were offering money to Reddit posters as well as buying accounts
On there to manipulate voters.