Certain DU Hillary supporters seem to be getting talking point memos.
Just saying.
Today it was about Bernie not talking about ISIS.
Bernie has talked a lot about ISIS. They just don't listen.
But I notice uniformity in their posts. It's uncanny.
Let's watch and see if we can follow what is going on in that respect. Is there something organized? I could be wrong. Maybe I am just imagining it.
But I think we should watch for the structure of their arguments. It seems odd to me. There seems to be some sort of communication about what should be said on a certain day. Or am I wrong?
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Nothing coordinated on other sites, just a really amazing coincidence that so many posts spew...er...mention the same thing over and over.
Wonder what it will be tomorrow.
Who would pay for that level of quality.
They think they're producing subtle pieces of art...
But this is what everyone else is seeing:
seems to be more of a "when I get around to it, if I don't forget" thing, rather than any actual "thing"
I just checked and yes she is.
Wtf...
I have noticed this as well. I don't think it is a coincidence (probably because I am just so one dimensional). 
And that, of course, disqualifies me for ever being Commander & Chief!
Sam
And are repeating those talking points. It happens. 
I worked in public relations/media relations for many years.
It's very easy to spot organized messaging. I find it fascinating. I remember planning/discussing strategy and key messages. I often see organized "key messages" online (sometimes for products; sometimes for political candidates). So no...you are not imagining this.
It's sooo very obvious. It's interesting to reverse engineer their talking points. Obviously, those talking points are designed to have an effect; on the opposition's supporters or on people who are undecided.
This is part of the ground game. Like it or not.
However, if you know it's happening and if you are aware that a gaggle of astroturfers are purposely "disseminating talking points" then the impact is neutralized.
I think there are many posts designed specifically to make Sanders supporters give up and feel like he has no chance. I feel lucky that I'm in Iowa, because I can refute most of their baloney with the truth--what I'm seeing happen in Iowa. This race isn't over. Anyone who tells you that is most likely issuing a talking point. They gain immensely if you don't caucus, don't vote, don't volunteer, don't make phone calls, or lose your enthusiasm. It's a tactic designed to decrease participation and voter turnout.
Just don't let it bother you. Haters gonna hate. Spinners gonna spin. These people don't have magical powers. Nor do they have crystal balls. Be amused by them (if you suspect someone is doing this) and focus on working hard to get your candidate elected. Then, your candidate wins--despite the "key messages" that were thrown at you.
Certain posters put up OPs that sound like anti-Bernie bumper stickers, and they manage to keep their short, accusatory anti-Bernie messages up for days -- and yes, I've wondered what's going on. The repetition of negative messages is a propaganda technique. It could be an attempt to control the the overall discussion on DU and influence DU readers and lurkers. There's a saying in media studies that goes "The media doesn't tell you what to think, they tell you what to think about." The name for the technique is "the agenda-setting function of the media." So these frequent OP creators could be trying to set the agenda at DU. And, yes, it does have a manufactured, coordinated quality that creeps me out.
I've also seen Bernie supporters get hides for suggesting that a given commenter is a shill. Apparently it's a big no-no to bring it up.
Equally bad for me is that quite a few can't be talked to or reasoned with; there's no sense of talking to fellow human beings. There's no consideration, they just blurt out their basic message in a mechanical way. The absolute wall of hostility in some -- not one opening for humanity -- it amazingly off-putting.
Someone upthread said it seemed like they were trying to create a "Dean scream" scenario to invalidate Bernie. I'm never in the "know" on anything 
so while reading this, I took the link to retrowire's hidden OP. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the OP except that it intelligently refutes a talking point & some of the comments were equally intelligent. WTF? That he is now "under review" makes me sick. And Demeter, too? What's going on? I just checked both of them, and retrowire is marked as "active," but is he unable to post? Plus, on that hidden thread the final post has a very ugly visual attack on Bernie:
The image location shows the URL of a blog called https://dangerwaffles.files.wordpress.com. It's a righwing hate site with many anti-Bernie and also anti-Obama messages. It's amazing that a DUer would use it. Also amazing that the commenter who uses it made a very anti-rightwing comment. WTF is that all about?
Another thing that troubles me is that some of the propaganda-style commenters occasionally make rightwing libertarian arguments about taxation and capitalism or else they'll use liberal social concerns in an extremely cynical, phony way, stating that Bernie is a misogynist or a racist. These absurd claims appear to be clumsy attempts to turn Democrats against him.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I could go on and on. It also creeps me out that they can read what we're saying and can discuss it at their little "secret" site.
I wish I knew what we can do to deal constructively with this. For me, the most important thing is to do all we can to help Bernie win the nomination. I guess the main usefulness (politically) of DU is to help get pro-Bernie messages on the Internet, since we don't have the media on our side.
Okay, I better end this and get to bed. I fell asleep at a normal hour and woke up with the computer still on and started reading the Bernie group, and one thing followed on another and now it's ridiculously late. 
For saying anything, for some of the oddest reasons I have ever seen in my life!!
It makes no sense whatsoever.
