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Middle Age Riot tweet: Lauren Boebert is the Herschel Walker of Sarah Palins. (Original Post) tblue37 Nov 2022 OP
She won't get it. nt Hotler Nov 2022 #1
None of the people mentioned would. nt Carlitos Brigante Nov 2022 #4
unfortunately, for some people this is a good thing. (n/t) MissMillie Nov 2022 #2
... geardaddy Nov 2022 #3
All I know is if Boebert were a werewolf, and Walker a vampire nuxvomica Nov 2022 #5
Calling her that is unnecessarily complimentary. ShazzieB Nov 2022 #6
And today's GOP is the Monty Python skit of fascist parties peppertree Nov 2022 #7
How are these tweets getting through? TheProle Nov 2022 #8
Does this dumb snark have a purpose? Tarc Nov 2022 #10
This makes my head hurt. Too much stupidity. live love laugh Nov 2022 #9

nuxvomica

(12,429 posts)
5. All I know is if Boebert were a werewolf, and Walker a vampire
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 11:33 AM
Nov 2022

They would probably be easier to tolerate.

ShazzieB

(16,412 posts)
6. Calling her that is unnecessarily complimentary.
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 11:33 AM
Nov 2022

Palin and Walker both spew nonsense and word salad, but neither of them spew the kind of toxic, venomous, hateful garbage that erupts from Bobo's howler monkey mouth (or that of her buddy, Marge).

TheProle

(2,179 posts)
8. How are these tweets getting through?
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 12:51 PM
Nov 2022

Likewise, with Tiedrich's posts?

I've been led to believe that Twitter is a rightwing dystopian landscape that has muzzled anyone to the left of Hitler.

What gives?

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
10. Does this dumb snark have a purpose?
Wed Nov 30, 2022, 01:41 AM
Nov 2022

That there are still liberal and progressive users there does not alter the fact that twitter is swirling down the drain at the moment as its new CEO caters to the pond scum of society.

Half of the top 100 advertisers have fled.

Well-known far-right spreaders of disinformation, including Trump and MTG, have been unsuspended; https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3745243-twitter-reinstates-marjorie-taylor-greenes-personal-account/

Dozens of people have posted screenshots of themselves getting official warnings for "hateful conduct", for posting the mildest, milquetoast rebukes of Elon Musk, e.g.




Musk has eliminated Covid Misinformation enforcement; https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/twitter-stops-enforcing-covid-19-misinformation-policy-00071110

There are currently hundreds of accounts with display names containing the N-word, actively posting despite hundreds upon hundreds of people saying they have reported the accounts.

Wise up.

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