I think we need to be more careful, involving RW'ers.

[Archae]

A good example is Lauren Boebert, she's been accused of being a hooker and having multiple abortions.

IF she had any abortions, that's her damn business.

As to the hooker accusation, it turned out to be fake.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/25/politics/fact-check-super-pac-lauren-boebert-escort-abortion-sugar-daddy/index.html

We need to nail Boebert for what she has done, or said, like when she wanted to "terminate" Biden.

Otherwise, the rwnj's will be all over us.

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Well, we know she doesn't wash her hands after she shits and then she digs her hands

into vats of pork-slider meat and serves that to the general public.

[Elessar Zappa]

2. I'm not gonna cry

if there are false rumors going around about right wingers. Fuck ‘em.

[Archae]

4. False rumors are simple FALSE.

We don't need to spread fake stories, there are plenty of ACTUAL ones out there.

Spreading fake stories about RW'ers makes us just as bad as they are.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. I'm not spreading anything

but I’ll also do nothing to dispel the rumors. They’re on their own.

[Archae]

6. I ignore them too, unless they are real.

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. Right, everything we say has to be five sourced absolute truth.

But they can have no standards at all, anything goes.

Amazing how that is.

[BannonsLiver]

10. +1

The mentality is why we lose. Many of our wounds are self inflicted.

[Caliman73]

7. They will be "all over us" regardless. We should definitely make sure to be truthful...

The attacks on Boebert are largely forgotten by now. All that is left is the whining. If we stop bringing it up, then it will fade away.

Are you truly worried that the right wing, who calls Joe Biden a "radical leftist socialist" and who continues to harp on Hunter Biden's laptop and Hillary Clinton's emails, are going to have something on Democrats for being dishonest? That worries you?

I don't think putting out false information against political opponents is a good thing, at all, but because it is dishonest and leads to other unethical and immoral actions, NOT because somehow, the Republicans, who tend to lie about everything, will somehow have the "moral high ground" because one PAC didn't do their homework.

[Archae]

9. We don't have to be slimeballs like them.

They will destroy themselves with their bullshit.

[Caliman73]

13. Correct. But are WE slimeballs?

Or is it just some organization, the basically did a halfway decent job tanking Madison Cawthorn with fairly accurate reporting, but screwed up on Boebert.

This is one bad situation from one PAC which is not really affiliated with the Democratic mainstream. No one who really matters is going "all in" on the allegations against Boebert.

In comparison, you have several "news" organizations that have their main opinion pundits lying about Democrats constantly, and Republican politicians who repeat the lies, including Boebert.

That is the comparison you seem to be making.


We are not slimeballs. There may be some slimeballs who happen to be Democratic Party supporters, but we do not make it part of our plan or habit to lie.

One would hope that the Republican Party will destroy itself with their bullshit, but it hasn't happened in the last 50+ years and they have been pulling similar bullshit since then.

[Baggies]

8. It plays into the "fake news" narrative.

Don’t need to voluntarily hand them our heads on a platter.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. I thought the same thing. That's too low. She has

plenty of valid reasons to go after her. We don't need to make them up.

[Nevilledog]

12. She said she was going to sue for defamation. It's been 37 days. No lawsuits.

[Hortensis]

14. We need to be HONEST, with ourselves and others. That's it.

It can be very hard to tell dishonest LWers and RWers badmouthing each other apart.

In some respects, that's probably because significant differences have been set aside to indulge the joys of slander that they regrettably do have in common.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. Facts matter.

[AntiFascist]

16. The rumors only exist to deflect the truth about Boebert...

not only does she brag about her connections to militia groups, but...

Link to tweet

[Initech]

17. If you're going to attack Boebert, attack her for being a garbage person.

Who wants to tear down the walls of separation of church and state. And that her restaurant gave people explosive diarrhea, among other things. There's plenty of ways we can attack without taking the low blows!