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1. Reminds me of the Cracker Barrel dustup...

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:16 AM

17 hrs ago

https://gizmodo.com/cracker-barrel-outrage-was-almost-certainly-driven-by-bots-researchers-say-2000664221
…arificially created controversy.

Also the whole Dr. Seuss thing from a few years ago. “We” were supposedly outraged by a Seuss book, when it was the family who pulled it.

They love to put words in our mouths, because they get confused when we actually speak.

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Phony: Republicans thought the libs were getting owned. [View all] applegrove 19 hrs ago OP

Reminds me of the Cracker Barrel dustup... Qutzupalotl 17 hrs ago #1

But where was this "issue" as a strategy born? Who gave it life? Maru Kitteh 5 hrs ago #2

They wanted the word genes to be a big meme in the brains of americans. applegrove 5 hrs ago #3

"They" is not a construct I find particularly useful in this matter. Maru Kitteh 5 hrs ago #4

Ad firms do suss out controvercy in their ads these applegrove 4 hrs ago #5