[Nita Nupress]

If you wanted to destroy a site like Free Republic, what would you do? Well, here's my guess. 

1. Trivialize the discussions, ask about favorite shampoo etc.
2. Post every article on every subject. This prevents any consensus of opinion. It also keeps people from forming a community. 
3. Have shills comment one after the other to create an illusion of agreement on subjects most conservatives would not agree with.
4. Encourage anything that maintains the stereotype liberals have of conservatives. ( haters, prejudiced etc. -- if real freepers don't live up to the stereotype, put in shills to maintain it) 
5. Encourage "feelings" not rational thought. 
6. Bash Mexican/Islam/Arab/Blacks etc. 

Any others?

2 posted on 1/4/02 10:48 PM Central by GOPJ

 

Yeah. 

7.  Sign up under multiple screen names and randomly polarize them at opposite extremes of the ConspiracyWacko-NutWing / Mindless-Tow-the-Party-Line continuum.  Pit them against each other to create a disorganized, preoccupied and frenetic environment that distracts from FR's mission.

[Republican_Strategist]

7. Sign up under multiple screen names and randomly polarize them at opposite extremes of the ConspiracyWacko-NutWing / Mindless-Tow-the-Party-Line continuum. Pit them against each other to create a disorganized, preoccupied and frenetic environment that distracts from FR's mission.

Funny that when someone (Rivero) is exposed as a fraud you keep towing their line. That qualifies as mindless as well. I bet you still believe in the tooth fairy.

[this_ol_patriot]

Pretty soon the møøse and chêêse crowd will be here.
A ££ama spit at my møther.

[Howlin]

Gee, that seems like a lot of WORK just to upset the whole site. (She whines.) :-)

Can't we figure out something to do with a little less exertion?

[2sheep]

>>>Any others?

More here.  You probably know these, but new freepers may not:

25 Rules of Disinformation

The Science of Modern Propaganda

Propaganda Techniques

Propaganda, Deception & Demagoguery

The Soviet Art of Brainwashing

[Harrison Bergeron]

4. Encourage anything that maintains the stereotype liberals have of conservatives. ( haters, prejudiced etc. -- if real freepers don't live up to the stereotype, put in shills to maintain it) "

Excellent. I get my butt flamed on a regular basis when I claim that Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, and... to an extent... Alan Keyes perform this function in the mainstream media.

Good post.

[GOPJ]

You've got the right one for #7. Thanks.

7. Sign up under multiple screen names and randomly polarize them at opposite extremes of the ConspiracyWacko-NutWing / Mindless-Tow-the-Party-Line continuum. Pit them against each other to create a disorganized, preoccupied and frenetic environment that distracts from FR's mission.