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[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Okay, in do-or-die wartime I can accept some suppression of the truth.

If you genuinely believe the situation in the US is so bad and analogous to wartime that it's worth spreading and supporting lies for the sake of "winning" then you need to stop wasting your time commenting on nottheonion posts and go figure out how to win. At the very least don't waste time talking to people like me who spend time on truth, set up an automated posting farm and flood the entire internet with anti-Trump propaganda with no attention wasted on what's true or otherwise ethical or moral.

If it's not that bad and you can afford to piss away time here then you can still afford the truth.

Pick a consistent position and take actions that align with whatever you pick, but don't try to have your cake and eat it too, it just comes across as hypocrisy to the rest of us. I hope to either see you around or not see you for a few years -- and nothing in-between.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I got a job and bills to pay dude. in what universe would I have the time to build out a bot farm that rivals the Russian propaganda machine built on the backs of millions with unlimited funds?

get real.

the only way I can make a difference is by coming on lemmy and pissing on your shoe.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for letting us know that your conviction is just performative shoe-pissing.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

it's actually pathetic you would think such a weak attack on my character would bother me.

I'm not a magat so proving myself or my convictions for trolls online isn't a concern of mine.