Saturday, April 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton´s Million Dollar Super Pac of Trolls

Hillary Clinton´s campaign is unleashing its´ latest
combat scheme: Operation troll. The soft explanation for the super-pac is to set negative rumors straight, protect supporters, and give them a safe place to voice Hillary support. There are thousands of places where this already exists. No one needs to spend a dime of super pac funds to do it. What the latest super pac is about is shutting up the free speech opinions of non-paid voices. 

The pathetic truth is how bland a candidate must be to pay its supporters for their enthusiasm. The idea is not new. Twitter has found thousands of Hillary followers do not exist. Facebook likes can easily be purchased. YouTube offers the opportunity to purchase ´views´ to boost a video´s popularity. No one batted an eye at funding background enthusiasm but paying trolls will turn calm commentary debates into insult battles.

Furious Trump supporters on Reddit have devoted posts calling for memes to piss off the ´ole bitch.´ Pacifist users have flooded calmer plans to deal with paid trolls. Ignore their antics. Hit the dislike button. Move on to serious political discussions over a candidate instead of personal attacks on a person´s mental capacity. Paid supporters will find a wall blocking their attempts to ´protect´ Hillary Clinton. 

The true supporter will face the repercussions of a wasted million dollar attempt to win over voters. Why listen to a supporter who may just be parroting what they are being paid to say? Even worse is the respect lost when a supporter needs cuddling to speak up about their political beliefs. This is the internet. If a commenter is offensive they are within their rights to move on. No one is a martyr for staying in a rude conversation over political beliefs. Stop acting the victim. No one is respecting you for it.

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