politics

Great video. And infuriating. Hard to watch.

These fuckers exist and “influence” people in such bad ways.

I'd love to see a lot of these little fuckers arrested. Benny Johnson ranks very high on my list.

I had to laugh that some of these assholes were all a-quiver over getting "Kirked" in the aftermath of that...it's almost like they KNOW they are pissing off a whole lot of people and suddenly thought - holy shit - you mean I might have to face any consequences at all for the shit I do?

Not that I'm condoning violence mind you, but it was wild to see it suddenly dawn on them that their actions have real consequences, and it might involve more than just getting them money, "owning the libs" and giving Donvict a reach-around. It might involve negative consequences.

Imagine if those negative consequences involve going to fucking prison for their fraudulent bullshit. James O'Queefe taught a generation of even younger dickheads just how to do it, and now they don't even need a platform like Faux to help them....I'd like to see some real consequences for their lies and deception - long prison terms and HUGE, debilitating fines, as well as clawing back all the money they make doing their "influencing".

Imagine if we could just shitpost some nonsense about an oil company CEO and have a Democratic president just nuke all their subsidies within a day or two

Yep. It'd be a real shame if this asshole "influencer" were thrown in prison.

What he's doing would be considered slander in a developed country.

In the US you almost need to be able to get a written confession from someone spreading slander for it to hold up on court, though.

I do agree that deliberately spreading misinformation that translates to real political or societal consequences should be illegal. Then again, that'd mean all Republicans and establishment Dems would be in jail for life, so such laws won't happen here.

Always makes me think of this...

This is an indictment of free speech at least the way the US handles it.

I suspect you come from the right wing perspective, so you're satisfied with bad faith reporting that may be carelessly or even recklessly indifferent to truth or nuance - or even knowingly false - because it serves the purposes of the Republican Party and in particular MAGA/Trump (including distracting from his increasingly obvious pedophile past). However you will not be in support when the next one comes along and leverages the speed of virality against plodding legalistic and good-faith journalistic systems to work against your interests.

In short, you're too shortsighted to see why supporting this is damaging to you as well.

Yeah, fuck right off with that bullshit. You're rights only extend far enough to not interfere with anybody else's rights. This jackass absolutely deserves to face consequences.