Posted on 11/19/2010 9:54:46 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
Blog Police Creeps Are George Soros Plants
For at least a month now a crew of three or four screen names here on Free Republic have been used to spam post after post all across the board. They have decided that they are Free Republic's police, they think they speak for the whole board, and have been attempting to drive people off this site. But are they real FReepers? Or are they something else?
It is pretty clear that they are being paid to do this by a George Soros-styled, left wing organization to spam FR, attack posters, and attempt to destroy this board.
If you haven't noticed these attacks (and they're hard to miss) these three or four posters swarm any post they don't like attempting to drive the original thread posters off FR. Additionally, when any other FReeper stands up for the original post these three or four screen names are used to attack those FReepers that dare oppose them. They call their attacks a "blogpimp" attack. Anyone that posts from a blog is targeted for destruction by these "people."
Do these just three or four screen names belong to real FReepers that think they know better than everyone else and imagine that they speak for everyone? Or are they something more nefarious? Are they really, in fact, a left-wing, astroturf effort meant to disrupt Free Republic?
Let's take a look at the methods of these screen names to see that their efforts are a perfect example of leftists methods…
Long-Term Plans
One of the many methods of these infiltrating leftists is to set up a screen name, use it for a while in a way that makes it seem as if the screen name is a normal poster. And then, ultimately, use the screen name for their actual purpose -- disrupting the board. This has happened on many other sites. It is a long-term project that these leftists engage.
Attack Times
The same three or four names pop up at all hours of the day or night. It's as if there is really a whole crew of people constantly monitoring FR for a post they can attack. It is a bit hard to believe that a real FReeper could be online ready to attack at 7AM, Noon, 9AM, 9PM, AND 1AM. But these screen names are used to attack at all hours of the day. It is easy to suspect that these three or four screen names are being used by multiple people in an organized campaign and we know the left has paid for crews that do this all across the Internet. The left posts fake messages on thousands of different websites a day and we here know for a fact that some of these leftists try their hardest to disrupt FR.
A Series of Lies
Like true leftists they employ always changing accusations of why the posts they are attacking is what they claim is a bad post. One minute they are claiming that an original post is "making money" off FReepers. Then when that is proven wrong they claim that the original post is "stealing" content from others and not original material. Then when that is proven wrong they suddenly find that their complaint is that the original post is asking FReepers to click offsite to see more information. Next they begin claiming that FR rules have been violated when they clearly haven't been. It is clear that there is no satisfying them because their complaints change nearly every day. Of course, the reason their complaints are ever changing is because they don't care about the complaints, they care about disrupting FR.
Name Calling, Attacking Others
Another example of the leftist methods of these screen names is abusive attacks, name calling, and belligerent behavior. These attackers have called FReepers vile names (especially "homosexuals") when they are opposed. They swarm any supporter of the original thread they are attacking and also follow them to other entries on FR to attack them there, too. This is typical leftist, thug behavior.
The Goal
One of the things these left-wing infiltrators claim is that they only want bloggers to post an entire post in FR and to stop FR members from clicking to blogs. But the real goal is to drive bloggers off FR in order to stop bloggers from talking to each other and to isolate conservatives apart from each other, stopping coordination and "fellowship," if you will. They want bloggers cut out of the major influence they've gained in this New Media era.
Yes, there is a whole lot going on here that should outrage an honest FReeper.
-They claim that FR rules are being broken. This is obviously a lie because the moderators have made no attempt to stop the sort of posts that these fake screen names are being used to attack. If the mods have made no attempt to stop these original posts, it is obvious no rules are being broken.
-These fake screen names have been used off FR, too. For instance one of the fake screen names was used to attack me and name call in the comments of my own YouTube channel. I had to delete the vile comments attributed to this screen name. So it is clear that these names are being used to attack other sites, too.
-These names have been used to attack posts put in the FR blog section. Yes, paradoxically this organized attack against posts from blogs is going on IN THE FR BLOG SECTION! Clearly they don't care about truth or honesty. Attacking postings from blogs in the very section in which they are supposed to be posted is illogical, but it is a good way to disrupt the board.
-Even when they are directly told by multiple FReepers that their actions are not wanted they then step up the attacks by creating oversized images and posing dozens of times in a thread.
-Also as they've been told by dozens of FReepers that their actions are not wanted and even as their complaints have been ignored by the mods they continue day in and day out to initiate these attacks. Clearly this is a whole program as any normal poster would have tired of this campaign after a month of their complaints being ignored by the mods. Who would put so much efort and time into such an organized attack without being paid?
In the end it is obviously all a left-wing , paid for campaign because of the persistence. After all, a normal, real poster if he didn't like a particular sort of thread would simply not click on them and read them. A normal person would avoid such a thread. But these fake screen names swarm every post they claim not to like, they do so dozens of times a day, they do so all together, and they do so multiple times on every post. THAT is an organized campaign, not just an honest poster miffed at another FReeper for posting something e doesn't like.
One guy obsessing about an issue is one thing. We all see one guy here and there that does this. But a whole crew of such obsessors? Hardly seems real, does it? No, it all smacks of an organized, left-wing, paid-for campaign.
The solution? Well, obviously ignoring them has been successful. After all, this paid-for campaign has resulted in no actions by the mods in favor of the campaigner's goal (that would be the elimination of many FReepers from the site). But the annoyance they represent is still disrupting every thread upon which they appear. The only other soution is to complain to the mods and report these guys, I suppose.
In any case, what ever becomes of this obviously Soros paid-for campaign, I thought it was something we should all be aware of.
Lastly, I'll use my own posts that these leftists have been attacking as an example. I have been a FReeper for five years and posting my original content every single day for almost that whole time. I have been posting the same stuff for five years and never once gotten a complaint until this last month or so. Only over the last month I've been attacked by these fake FReepers all of a sudden and all at once? As I said, this is an organized effort. NOT honest FReepers.
(I will not name the fake screen names in this post. They will reveal themselves in a few minutes after this is posted, so I won't have to name names here. They'll do it themselves, I'm sure.)
No no, canvas sea bags work much better!
No no, canvas sea bags work much better!
I thought Phase 3 was 'Rinse'....
or is that Cycle 3,..... I forget.
Damn. I should have taken Ukrainian in high school instead of Spanish.
Now, not calling anyone ‘special needs’ for posting excerpts from their blog without posting the full post below"
Hey, are YOU referring to posts #2 and #3?
Good catch. That one got right by me. Next time, let me know...I'll ping the troops.
They are not fake screen names, they are real “screen names”. New to the net spud?
The socks, though. I mean, it explains so much.
Wow! I had never had of sock gnomes before. Turns out they’ve been researched by others:
Sock gnomes
You guys know gnomes. The little bastards are only dependable for one thing, and that’s mischief. Gnomes are like a tiny version of the Mafia: they insinuate themselves into everything, usually without the general populace knowing. Here’s the general routine for a sock gnome:
1. At Gnome Central, locate your washer and dryer on the GSC (gnomish supercomputer).
2. Using advanced technology and the RFID tags previously placed into your socks at the factory by RFID gnomes, who are also everywhere, the gnomes pick out socks that look appealing and will sell for much money.
3. Select some tools. Popular choices are grappling hooks, crowbars, and squeaky shoes.
4. Hop in the Gnomemobile and drive to your house.
5. Sneak in through a window, making sure to knock out dogs and/or small children with tranquilizer darts. These are removed once the gnomes are inside — they wouldn’t want people to find the darts and analyze the tranquilizers, as gnomes are also years ahead with their chemistry.
6. Using the backdoors built into your washer and dryer by backdoor gnomes at the factory, enter the machine.
7. Make away with socks, making sure not to take too many of the same kind — wouldn’t want to make prices fall by flooding the market with Abe Lincoln socks. Gnomes are also economics geniuses.
8. Sell the socks, either on eBay or through the sock black market.
9. Buy crack cocaine and Huey Lewis and the News albums. Have a fun evening.
Defensive tactics:
Set out gnome traps around your home. Clever as gnomes are, they cannot resist getting a new hat or perhaps a little blow. Bait the traps accordingly, but make sure to conceal them well. Another option is find the backdoor in your dryer and reëngineer it such that it isn’t openable from the inside. Make sure to leave a snack in the dryer; gnomes bite viciously if they haven’t had a snack in a while should you free them without the aid of very strong gloves.
Or...no. I don't know if you picked on the slow kids in school.
Or, maybe. Maybe you picked on the slow kids in school and then got nicer when you grew up and don't chase the bloggers here posting “Blog Pimp.”
Or...maybe not. Maybe you didn't pick on anyone when you were a kid but now chase them on FR tagging them as “Blog Pimp.”
But maybe that is a maybe, and not a maybe not. Maybe.
Beats the heck out of my Irish wife trying to pay the grocer with potatoes. I keep trying to tell her, "Honey, the grocer already has potatoes!."
Darn it! There goes my side job! :)
I have seen and heard plenty of stuff in the "paid" media that came from FR comments.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1237
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1238
Those who think those groups are posting on FR and demanding that blog pimps post their full articles instead of excerpts are in an advanced state of paranoia.
Now that’s funny!
Ah, ha, now the light comes on. I was trying to follow this thread and not understanding it. I have been a member of Free Republic for nearly 12 years, but was not acquainted with the Blog concept. Your mentioning trying to increase the number of hits on someone’s Blog as the purpose for posting just an excerpt makes sense now. Thanks.
Kissinger has that impact on grazing animals.
That’s it! I’m going to send a link to this thread to my “now ex-husband”. For 21 years I was blamed for the socks. He brought it up in court and it got ugly. I suspected my dryer was to blame, but now I have proof. The “outside vent” that you hook your dryer to, isn’t really an outside vent. It’s the wormhole/black hole for socks. And the gnomes, don’t get me started on the gnomes.
I’ve paid him a billion so far.
Why, is he out blowing it again?
The Blog Police, they are inside of my head
The Blog Police, "don't give us excerpts" they said...
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