If I had to guess where the #RefundWarren and #ITrustBernie hashtags started, I'd be looking at the same Russian troll farms that have been throwing gasoline on the fire of US politics for years.
"Only a fool fights in a burning house." Stop falling for this bullshit.
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"Only a fool fights in a burning house." Stop falling for this bullshit.
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Warren and Sanders are competing for the Democratic nomination, and point for point, right down the line, they agree on damn near everything.
Don't get distracted by trivia, like a toddler mesmerized by jangling keys. Warren isn't the enemy. Sanders isn't the enemy.
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Don't get distracted by trivia, like a toddler mesmerized by jangling keys. Warren isn't the enemy. Sanders isn't the enemy.
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Trump and his crew of criminals, sycophants, and power-whores are the enemy.
If we can't stay focused on that, if we're constantly eating our own over this kind of malicious disinformation, we'll still be squabbling about Sanders vs Warren all through Trump's second term.
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If we can't stay focused on that, if we're constantly eating our own over this kind of malicious disinformation, we'll still be squabbling about Sanders vs Warren all through Trump's second term.
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How do I know?
Because so many of us are still at one another's throats over Sanders vs Clinton, and that shit was three years and several lifetimes ago.
Unless you look practically anywhere on Twitter, that is. We don't seem to have learned a goddamn thing.
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Because so many of us are still at one another's throats over Sanders vs Clinton, and that shit was three years and several lifetimes ago.
Unless you look practically anywhere on Twitter, that is. We don't seem to have learned a goddamn thing.
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If you do what you've done, you'll get what you got.
Trolls and bots and bad actors stoked the fires in 2016, and we bought it. It got us Trump.
They're doing it again right now, and we're buying it. And it'll get us four more years of Trump.
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Trolls and bots and bad actors stoked the fires in 2016, and we bought it. It got us Trump.
They're doing it again right now, and we're buying it. And it'll get us four more years of Trump.
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I will borrow from @Stonekettle and point out that if we want a better nation, we have to be better citizens.
And if we want a SMARTER nation, we'd best learn not to repeat stupid choices.
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And if we want a SMARTER nation, we'd best learn not to repeat stupid choices.
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Addendum: if you're here to bitch about Warren or Sanders, please be aware I am no longer providing individual counseling on this topic.
They're both better than Trump. I'm not interested in your passionate screed about why one or the other is bad.
This is your only warning.
They're both better than Trump. I'm not interested in your passionate screed about why one or the other is bad.
This is your only warning.
Likewise, if you're here to tell me Russia doesn't use social media as an IW tool to interfere in our elections, don't bother.
"I'M not a bot so you're wrong about everything," is neither witty nor compelling.
"I'M not a bot so you're wrong about everything," is neither witty nor compelling.
