I would love for someone to convince me otherwise, but a poster by the name of fox99go keeps coming to my diaries and making obnoxious posts. That's his/her right, of course; but my understanding is that dishonest Republicans (pretending to be Democrats) are supposed to be troll-rated out of existence, right--and I find much evidence that "fox" is a GOP troll, yet little evidence anyone else is noticing.
It's funny; several people (you know who you are) have accused me of being a troll myself because I hold "maverick" positions on a few issues. But I've also consistently pointed out areas where I do agree with the "party line"; and most Kossacks are perceptive and discerning enough to know better, I think. I had kind of thought the whole idea of GOP "agents" coming here was pretty much a fantasy, as I'd never seen any sign of it before. But "fox" is about as clear a case as you can get, as I intend to show in this diary:
In (sarcastic) response to the idea of a "right wing conspiracy":
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Not only are they vast (none / 1)
but they POST exactly what they want to do.
Example on SS: They want to convert out KIDS to repugs by GIVING them a stake the the stock market. They actually think ownership will then bring OUR kids to them in droves.
AND they POST this tactic everywhere.
What a conspiracy.
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In response to a criticism of Republican policies on farm land use:
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Your not tellin (none / 0)
the entire story.... Try looking at the water use laws, then you maby, just maby, you will tell both sides.
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and in the same diary:
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Hasn't (none / 0)
the massive factory farms be here for a while?
I mean they are not exactly a new item on the American Landscape.
I did talk to a water Hydra guy, and he says its really not the pigs and cows, but the run off from the local farms thats the biggest problem. Are you against the local farm?
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Another sarcastic one:
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Correct (none / 0)
We have a very very PC site. Just the way we want it.
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On SS reform and raising the cap on FICA:
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that's (none / 0)
just a simple tax increase. Can't we come up with any better ideas?
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and
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Not an advisor (none / 0)
but when I look at all my investments, the worst one (Fidelity Mag at 3.7 % over last 5 years, vrs less than 3% for SS) does better than SS. So I am just wondering why folks are so enamered with a program I would dump if it was part of my regular portfolio.
If SS were controlled by a Stock Firm, they would have FIRED its director long ago for major under performance.
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In an attack on a Democratic state legislator:
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Great (none / 0)
so Morals = moralist assholes
I sort of figured you were going in that direction.
Just why are you so scared of Morality?
It really doesn't hurt to want, to not, hurt, your Family with affairs, which do come back to break up a family.
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In response to a diary objecting to Bush's bribe of Poland to the tune of $100 million a year:
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Don't we give (none / 0)
both Israel and Egypt about 2 Billion each? Each Year?
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Doesn't this all point clearly to "fox" being a Republican? I stopped after a page's worth, but I was honestly unable to find any comments from this poster that reflect progressive values, except in an obviously sarcastic, parodying type way. If anyone else can show otherwise, please do!
It's not that big a deal, I guess, except that it annoys me to see "fox" get people to engage in banter with it, derailing what could be more fruitful discussions. I'm shocked that not one person besides me has troll rated this poster as far as I have seen.