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Sep 22, 2020 3:42 AM
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I've noticed that both in my country and abroad there seems to be a high congestion of conservative people in social media comment-sections. Although my country looks to have fewer of those on IG than America has.

If a celebrity that is known in America makes an IG post that might have a slight connection to politics somehow, they will quickly get their comment section spammed with "MAGA", "Trump 2020", and comments that start with "I love you, but", and a bunch of "celebrities should stay out of politics" comments" (ironically by people who voted for a celeb to be president). Recently I've also seen top comments accusing these celebs of trafficking and paedophilia, because apparently there's a growing cult of Trump-supporters that believe democrats and Hollywood celebs are in some kind of trafficking paedophilia secret-society?

Anyway, what do you think is the reason for this? Are these people bots or real people or is there a mix?
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Sep 22, 2020 3:57 AM
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Because nothing brings them more joy then "red pilling them lefty libtards" while not actually doing it anywhere outside of their own heads.
Also, anyone with an IQ under 100 can get a phone these days, and a twitter account.

Also kinda hypocritical since they voted for Epsteins good friend to be the president.

Do the math.

Sep 22, 2020 4:04 AM
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Valenthius said:

Also, anyone with an IQ under 100 can get a phone these days, and a twitter account.


obvious dogwhistle for "eww, more dirty POOR PEOPLE have phones now."

classic "pro-working class" left.
Sep 22, 2020 4:07 AM
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Well, conservatives are people and people like to use social media. I don't think there's a complicated reason behind it.
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Sep 22, 2020 4:10 AM
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Pretty much. If you're on fb, you're gonna see right wing and left wing opinions.

Of course OP would never ask why coastal upper-middle class far-leftists are so over-represented on Twitter, despite them being a pretty small chunk of the population.
Sep 22, 2020 4:13 AM
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Theo1899 said:
Well, conservatives are people and people like to use social media. I don't think there's a complicated reason behind it.

Non-conservatives are also people. So obviously there has to be some other reason.
Sep 22, 2020 4:15 AM
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Theo1899 said:
Well, conservatives are people and people like to use social media. I don't think there's a complicated reason behind it.

Non-conservatives are also people. So obviously there has to be some other reason.

Non conservatives are also active on social media. Have you ever seen the responses on trump's tweets?
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Sep 22, 2020 4:22 AM
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I mean, its not just conservatives tho is it
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Sep 22, 2020 4:23 AM
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Theo1899 said:
Non conservatives are also active on social media. Have you ever seen the responses on trump's tweets?

I never used twitter. I guess it's different from IG then.
Sep 22, 2020 4:24 AM

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Zoldra0 said:
Theo1899 said:
Non conservatives are also active on social media. Have you ever seen the responses on trump's tweets?

I never used twitter. I guess it's different from IG then.

That's fair. I don't use IG so I don't know what's going on there either.
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Sep 22, 2020 4:44 AM

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I guess you've never visited Reddit, spend 10 minutes there and try to spot the conservative. Unless you find the right sub, you won't succeed.
Sep 22, 2020 4:53 AM

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Funny to troll them. Look at tyt channel. 5 million subs and half their comments are trolls. They have to be the biggest youtube channel with biggest dislike like ratio and get shit on 24/7
https://youtu.be/dV69DeknQQM
Sep 22, 2020 6:09 AM

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Because people are so tired of seeing political correctness in the media.
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Sep 22, 2020 6:23 AM

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vuxk said:
Because people are so tired of seeing political correctness in the media.

How is spamming "Trump 2020" and promoting various conspiracy theories in comment sections helping against "political correctness in the media"?

I mean, they elected the most moronic anti-media and anti-freedom-of-the-press politician as president, isn't that enough of a counter-measure?
Sep 22, 2020 6:24 AM

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i wouldn't say there are more of them in fact i would say there are less of them but because their comments are so intellectual and enlightening it attracts more people's attentions than any dumb shit some backwards leftard minds' could ever come up with. they stand out because they are so true and full of wisdom
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Sep 22, 2020 6:34 AM
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As a left-winger, I can never take vacuous and immature celebrities such as Billie Eilish seriously when they are talking about politics or how bad Trump is.



That's destructive criticism meant to brainwash her 14-year-old fans rather than solve anything.

As for the accusations, I guess it's because of how disconnected celebrities are from the rest of the population. They are living in their own worlds filled with opulence and debauchery. Therefore, I can somewhat understand why some people think they are doing some murky stuff behind the scenes.
Sep 22, 2020 6:57 AM

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For me it's the opposite I mostly see left leaning liberals being very active on social media. Usually the few conservative comment sections are on right wing profiles and channels
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Sep 22, 2020 7:32 AM

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Picture a guy who is a (huge) bit sociopathic and all he wants is triggering people and being a nuisance in general. Imagine we give him access to the internet, anonymity and a background ideology to justify his sociopathy. Now he only needs enough editing abilities to insert a MAGA hat in his avatar and profit.
Sep 22, 2020 7:42 AM

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every time I see a post that is made by an Isntagram page that haven't an lefty audience the comment section is full of conservatives. I guess they are just more likely to spend time or instagram in especifc.
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heh.
Sep 22, 2020 8:15 AM

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As my dad once said:
"people who are super into politics have nothing better to do with their lives"

this applies to both parties btw there's PLENTY of left-leaning people who flood comments & spam that way too

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Sep 22, 2020 8:20 AM
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Pretty much this OP:

> Liberal: uncivilized in public, civilized on the internet.

> Conservative: uncivilized on the internet, civilized in public.

Also this:



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Sep 22, 2020 8:25 AM

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Because of alt accounts and bots flooding comment sections.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-facebook-disinformation-george-floyd-unrest-politifact-2020-6
https://sparktoro.com/blog/we-analyzed-every-twitter-account-following-donald-trump-61-are-bots-spam-inactive-or-propaganda/
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Sep 22, 2020 8:30 AM
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Hillary_Clinton_ said:
Pretty much. If you're on fb, you're gonna see right wing and left wing opinions.

Of course OP would never ask why coastal upper-middle class far-leftists are so over-represented on Twitter, despite them being a pretty small chunk of the population.

Maybe that Twitter's staff and corporate ideology has always been about upper-middle class leftism?
(Well I don't really have a clue, I'm just assuming it's some Silicon Valley libertarian corporation?)



Sep 22, 2020 8:56 AM

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Ignorant right wing trolls are nothing new.
Now that elections are starting we can expect to see more of them.


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Sep 22, 2020 9:21 AM

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Because the lefties are arsoning in the street rn
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Sep 22, 2020 9:27 AM
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in youtube that is the case i observe but youtube is usually a right wing den anyway

reddit and twitter meanwhile i see more lefties
Sep 22, 2020 9:39 AM

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Zlyiond said:
Pretty much this OP:

> Liberal: uncivilized in public, civilized on the internet.


OH LORD, NO. That is false. xD

SJWs are liberals and they are disgusting on the internet.



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Chiibi said:
Zlyiond said:
Pretty much this OP:

> Liberal: uncivilized in public, civilized on the internet.


OH LORD, NO. That is false. xD

SJWs are liberals and they are disgusting on the internet.


SJW is a buzzword with no real meaning.
"Social justice warrior" is just a term the far right has created to instantly discredit anything they disagree with.
Right Wing/Alt Right labels anyone who has views in favor of basic human rights like transgender rights, womyn rights, social reformation movements, is against sexism, racism, homophobia as SJW in attempts to discredit their views.
It's basically just an ad hominem or even a dog whistle in some cases.


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Sep 22, 2020 10:28 AM

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AnimeFeminist said:
Chiibi said:


OH LORD, NO. That is false. xD

SJWs are liberals and they are disgusting on the internet.


SJW is a buzzword with no real meaning.
"Social justice warrior" is just a term the far right has created to instantly discredit anything they disagree with.
Right Wing/Alt Right labels anyone who has views in favor of basic human rights like transgender rights, womyn rights, social reformation movements, is against sexism, racism, homophobia as SJW in attempts to discredit their views.
It's basically just an ad hominem or even a dog whistle in some cases.


I am talking about people on Twitter who throw a hissy fit when someone draws a cartoon character with lighter skin "because that is racist", apparently.

Their arguments are just ridiculous. They look for problems when there are no real problems.

Artists can draw what they want, HOW they want it.



Sep 22, 2020 10:59 AM

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How come I never seem to spot any fellow conservatives while online? It's probably because I tend to focus on cancer coming from the other side which is the case for many and for op obviously.


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Zoldra0 said:
vuxk said:
Because people are so tired of seeing political correctness in the media.

How is spamming "Trump 2020" and promoting various conspiracy theories in comment sections helping against "political correctness in the media"?


Conspiracy theories? You mean like wasting half your 2020 campaign strategy on the idea Trump is some sort of robot controlled by spooky Russians?

How is Trump anti-free press? He can invite whoever he wants to his press briefings. In the words of you people whenever a conservative is banned on youtube: find another platform if you don't like it.
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It's the Trump effect. He whips his minions into a panic feeding frenzy. We've all been there.
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Conspiracy theories?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories_promoted_by_Donald_Trump

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How is Trump anti-free press? He can invite whoever he wants to his press briefings. In the words of you people whenever a conservative is banned on youtube: find another platform if you don't like it.

Google "Trump freedom of the press" and there's lots to check out on the topic.
Sep 22, 2020 12:24 PM

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For the same reasons that 'liberals' are active on social media, or only they are allowed to use it?

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Because the opposites are too busy working and being realists
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Sep 22, 2020 2:38 PM

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I wouldn't say it's just conservatives, it's liberals as well. Both sides of the political spectrum are guilty of bashing on the other and silencing the other for their beliefs. Everyone is going to be entitled to their opinion and that's how humans are.
Sep 22, 2020 2:48 PM
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maybe its just me but i notice there are more NEET conservatives too? is there even a data or statistics on that?

if true it makes sense since i remember reading lefties are more highly educated (college level) so they are part of the workforce more so busy in real life more
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It is because they have no lives, lol.
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