It's really insane. The idiots on both sides don't realize than other than skin color and a few superficial (relatively) issues, they are basically the same guy.
Not to mention it's fucking insane how people identify with GW and Obama personally. THey don't give a fucking snowcone in hell about you. But the same thing is spread all throughout American life. Look how we rabidly identify with professional sport teams that don't give a fuck about us. We are an easily manipulated people.
Heh actually, I saw that a lot think Bush just wasn't too smart, and was probably a nice guy in real life. A lot of redditors also do not support obama as well. If you read around you will find people against and for.
just stupid college kids getting political for the first time since mom stopped warming up the spaghetti o's. As much of an ignorance infested cesspool of bias as that place is I am certain it serves some purpose, though we may never know to what end.
Has nothing to do with parties and policies. /politics as well as the other mainline subs are very rigidly controlled from behind the scenes so as to craft a sense of urgency and momentum that sweeps up the ignorant and poorly met. Nearly all articles are from non-news sites that essentially rewrite articles from the feed adding opinion into the piece and reposting it as their own on a blog that mimics the style of a news-reporting medium so as to maintain credibility and hold up to at least more than a casual pip of scrutiny while they sell you a story they were sold and in turn you sell it to the fag down the line with your inane upvotes of shit stories.
They're not just stupid college kids. From the start, when PHOY spearheaded the takeover, they've followed the same playbook that was tested on Democratic Underground.
The Obama team wants to control information on the internet, just as the right wants to control AM radio. And by "information control," I mean hiding the truth and spreading bullshit propaganda.
Because some are posted by government shills backed by Reddit admins.
Possible evidence here with this user, account was 0 days old with no posts when this first hit the front page. It was nearly 10000 upvotes above anything else and let's face it, frankly it's not that interesting:
Yes and It's because he's a Democrat with extra bonus points being because he's black.
But the main reason is because he's a Democrat. It doesn't matter to these types of people what policies they put forward as long as they focus on one good thing they once did that they really liked. I think the best analogy I can come up with is a musician who released an awesome song years ago, released nothing but shit then onwards but maintains a huge fan base because of that one decent thing.
i often feel that some of these people are paid. the amount of karma they have, and the utter bashing of anything to the right, and how much they are on reddit. i would love to hear from someone who is actually paid to create propaganda on reddit so we can learn how to filter these people out. but yes that subreddit is a circlejerk, and if you point it out youre downvoted to hell. i used to try and read the comments to find out the counterpoint but it is often buried too far down. so i just unsubed.
Honestly I just see /r/politics as one big idiocy circlejerk at this point.
So much misinformation on both sides, so many people are incorrect about so much shit, where I find maybe four posts out of 2,000 that are people with half of a clue what they're talking about. Too many wikipedia scholars or first year University students who know everything.
but your comments here;
I never understood how only "pro" Obama stories made it to the top. You put it all into perspective.
There are stories that are anti-Obama that make it to the top as well - but it seems pretty left-heavy, and we all know Reddit has grown to hate discussion unless it's only discussion about what the majority agrees with /shrug
Not all of them- plenty of people don't like Obama on /r/politics, but there are a ton of Obama nutriders there who love to shout down anyone who dares criticize him. Most of the time the fairly liberal denizens of /r/politics just go with it, but check out a gun rights thread on that subreddit some time. You'll see the authoritarian left rush in and get pounded by the larger majority who put liberty above partisan politics.
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38 [deleted] 2012-06-30
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13 Midas510 2012-06-30
Lol, I find this is crazy. Why can't people admit to being wrong about Obama?
Hell I voted for him and said give him at least two years, even thought it started to go downhill after the first. :(
16 VELOXIMIDE 2012-06-30
It's really insane. The idiots on both sides don't realize than other than skin color and a few superficial (relatively) issues, they are basically the same guy.
Not to mention it's fucking insane how people identify with GW and Obama personally. THey don't give a fucking snowcone in hell about you. But the same thing is spread all throughout American life. Look how we rabidly identify with professional sport teams that don't give a fuck about us. We are an easily manipulated people.
6 love_4_sale 2012-06-30
Burn this fucker down or support Not Mitt Romney are the only available choices for me.
1 dionvc 2012-06-30
Heh actually, I saw that a lot think Bush just wasn't too smart, and was probably a nice guy in real life. A lot of redditors also do not support obama as well. If you read around you will find people against and for.
27 [deleted] 2012-06-30
Yes and No.
just stupid college kids getting political for the first time since mom stopped warming up the spaghetti o's. As much of an ignorance infested cesspool of bias as that place is I am certain it serves some purpose, though we may never know to what end.
Has nothing to do with parties and policies. /politics as well as the other mainline subs are very rigidly controlled from behind the scenes so as to craft a sense of urgency and momentum that sweeps up the ignorant and poorly met. Nearly all articles are from non-news sites that essentially rewrite articles from the feed adding opinion into the piece and reposting it as their own on a blog that mimics the style of a news-reporting medium so as to maintain credibility and hold up to at least more than a casual pip of scrutiny while they sell you a story they were sold and in turn you sell it to the fag down the line with your inane upvotes of shit stories.
Two sides of the same coin.
2 parties
1 cup
take a bite or burn it all down
5 metapunditedgy 2012-06-30
They're not just stupid college kids. From the start, when PHOY spearheaded the takeover, they've followed the same playbook that was tested on Democratic Underground.
The Obama team wants to control information on the internet, just as the right wants to control AM radio. And by "information control," I mean hiding the truth and spreading bullshit propaganda.
4 Midas510 2012-06-30
My hat goes off to you good sir. Upvotes all around!
I never understood how only "pro" Obama stories made it to the top. You put it all into perspective.
2 showmethefacts 2012-06-30
Because some are posted by government shills backed by Reddit admins.
Possible evidence here with this user, account was 0 days old with no posts when this first hit the front page. It was nearly 10000 upvotes above anything else and let's face it, frankly it's not that interesting:
http://www.reddit.com/user/EvilObstructionism
2 Midas510 2012-06-30
Good catch. These shills sicken me.
14 [deleted] 2012-06-30
Yes and It's because he's a Democrat with extra bonus points being because he's black.
But the main reason is because he's a Democrat. It doesn't matter to these types of people what policies they put forward as long as they focus on one good thing they once did that they really liked. I think the best analogy I can come up with is a musician who released an awesome song years ago, released nothing but shit then onwards but maintains a huge fan base because of that one decent thing.
11 seanbearpig 2012-06-30
Slaves to the two-party system, willing to look past any atrocities "their guy" commits.
8 mvlazysusan 2012-06-30
Yes.
The mods of r/politics are bias and reinforce that tendency.
5 eachothersunderwear 2012-06-30
i often feel that some of these people are paid. the amount of karma they have, and the utter bashing of anything to the right, and how much they are on reddit. i would love to hear from someone who is actually paid to create propaganda on reddit so we can learn how to filter these people out. but yes that subreddit is a circlejerk, and if you point it out youre downvoted to hell. i used to try and read the comments to find out the counterpoint but it is often buried too far down. so i just unsubed.
4 [deleted] 2012-06-30
Honestly I just see /r/politics as one big idiocy circlejerk at this point.
So much misinformation on both sides, so many people are incorrect about so much shit, where I find maybe four posts out of 2,000 that are people with half of a clue what they're talking about. Too many wikipedia scholars or first year University students who know everything.
but your comments here;
There are stories that are anti-Obama that make it to the top as well - but it seems pretty left-heavy, and we all know Reddit has grown to hate discussion unless it's only discussion about what the majority agrees with /shrug
4 Squackula 2012-06-30
Yes, but it's more entertaining to watch them buy into the 2-party illusion and bitch at each other.
4 [deleted] 2012-06-30
/r/WorldPolitics > /r/Politics
1 Redhawk1000 2012-06-30
Completely agree, also :
/r/WorldPolitics > /r/Politics > /r/worldnews
2 OWNtheNWO 2012-06-30
Their trendies.
2 hanahou 2012-06-30
Seriously my opinion would be such an offensive tirade on those DB's over there. That it would probably get me banned on reddit overall.
1 [deleted] 2012-06-30
Yup.
1 pork2001 2012-06-30
-- 1. Yes.
-- 2. See #1
1 lazybrownfox 2012-06-30
Yup.
1 kodanky 2012-06-30
Presidents are puppets
1 montyjack 2012-06-30
Not all of them- plenty of people don't like Obama on /r/politics, but there are a ton of Obama nutriders there who love to shout down anyone who dares criticize him. Most of the time the fairly liberal denizens of /r/politics just go with it, but check out a gun rights thread on that subreddit some time. You'll see the authoritarian left rush in and get pounded by the larger majority who put liberty above partisan politics.
0 RogerDerpstein 2012-06-30
Yes. End.
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3 Midas510 2012-06-30
Explain...
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3 Midas510 2012-06-30
Trolololol
3 Midas510 2012-06-30
Explain...