National Review Online - Under Attack

Vanity | 1/9/2016 | Self

[Steve_Seattle]

I just came from the National Review Online website, and it seems to be under an unprecedented attack from trolls, who are flooding threads with obscene, hostile, and extreme content. The trolling comments are so pervasive that they would overwhelm the efforts of moderators to control them. This seems organized, and it is extremely disturbing even if you think NRO represents "pantywaist" conservatism. FR could be the next target for this sort of attack. The comments are so bizarre and often self-contradictory that they have - dare I say? - a demonic tone.

[Steve_Seattle]

Does anyone know what's going on?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Demonic huh?

LOL

[Steve_Seattle]

Yeah, demonic.

[rwoodward]

Obamic Tone?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I’m more concerned with FR.

[Viking2002]

Trolls at FR generally leave with their asses in their hands. After the mods let us have a little fun with them. *chuckle*

[FourPeas]

Gotta chuckle that their reliance on Cloud Flare isn’t preventing it.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Trolls at FR generally leave with their asses in their hands. After the mods let us have a little fun with them. *chuckle*"

I can't overstate the extreme nature of this trolling. It was on every thread I checked, and it seemed like 80% of the comments were from the trolls, and some of the threads had more than a thousand comments.

[StAntKnee]

Does anyone know what's going on?

No, but it's typical that trolls don't even know they're taking down conversations on a site that already doesn't like two of the favorites over here.

Get in the game, A$$hats.

[Forgotten Amendments]

BOO-F’N-HOO!

They spent the past 30 years purging non-neocons, smearing them, and destroying the conservative movement.

Actually, new guys Cooke and Williamson are interesting. I have hope for NR.

[Steve_Seattle]

I guess I was mistaken in thinking I might find on FR a sympathetic audience to fight against systematic efforts to harass and/or shut down conservative websites and points of view.

[Sirius Lee]

You better wake up. This war is the oldest one.

[Iron Munro]

Libtards hate free speech.

[tennmountainman]

NRO is a fake conservative site.
That’s what is going on.

[Jim Noble]

#NROrevolt

[Ken H]

***ASH ALERT!***

[AnnGora]

I will have to say that it is getting vicious over on Breitbart. The Trump v. Cruz debate is startling and getting very disturbing. Conservatism will never win if we are going to be so divided.

[Publius]

Paging Don Morgan!

[MarMema]

Post a link.

[gwgn02]

The Trumphumping at Breitbart would make Andrew roll in his grave...ANdrew’s site is a disaster...Nolte is leading the clown show.