Does anyone still think it's silly to think astroturfers were paid to disrupt hc debates on DU? [View All]

[rudy23]

They used the exact same tactics--ad hominems, accusations of "whining", until a thread was toploaded with bickering. That's how I started to identify them, and identify their talking point at the time---which was to go on a Dennis Kucinich bashing campaign.

I got a lot of responses like "Why would a big company waste their time on here?" To which I responded, "Well, this is probably just one pit stop on their list."

Even though I've been offered a job as a paid blogger doing viral marketing, some people would still dispute their existence. I wonder if any of those people will reconsider, in light of the leaked memo that shows that insurance companies are paying to instruct people to disrupt any intelligent debate on healthcare.

I really hope that will cast some light on some of the paid bloggers who have been disrupting DU, and the army of unrec-ers who are knocking these healthcare debates off course.