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Post by Bookshelves on Oct 28, 2021 5:54:01 GMT -6
China has been behind a lot of it, too. (Not necessarily Meghan AFAIK, but divisive, racist stuff, misinformation, in general. The Epoch Times was a fringe publication pre-Trump, now my Walmart sells the print copy.)
That is not to dismiss the gajillion individual racists that they’ve also been up against. It’s awful to think they already faced those, and then foreign adversaries decided to exploit that and make it worse.
That’s just my assumption, that the driving force behind the most prolific accounts would be a foreign adversary — the guy quoted in the article said it was baffling because “there’s no motive.” Stoking the flames of racism to cause division in an enemy people would be a motive, IMO.
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Post by Bookshelves on Oct 28, 2021 5:55:49 GMT -6
The Buzzfeed news article was... Wow... I wonder who the real people are behind the accounts? A racist dude who lives in his parents basement? British people who hate the idea of Harry marrying someone who is Black? The Palace? I think someone up thread suggested Russia because their tactic is mainly to sow social discord and strife. Meghan happened to be a polarizing figure and they took advantage of that. But I do like The Palace theory, though I think it’s unlikely. I think they just let it happen which sucks enough. The thing about the Palace letting it happen that makes it suckier is that if it has been driven by foreign bot farms, British intelligence would likely know that, so the palace would have also known… and continued to let it happen, unchecked. Although I just watched the new 007 a couple weeks ago, so maybe I’m giving actual British intelligence too much credit.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 28, 2021 6:44:55 GMT -6
I started following the royals because of Meghan. And it’s always been stunningly obvious that the media coverage and people’s negative reactions to her are driven by racism, but I am actually a little surprised by this report. Not that it exists - it’s always been obvious it exists. What surprised me is that it’s like nothing they’ve ever seen. I would have thought that it was more likely for something like politics or the pandemic to be the worst. I guess that makes me an idiot, but I was truly surprised that out of all the options, the thing they’d never seen before was coverage of Harry and Meghan. Racism always trumps that stuff with people. They can't help themselves.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 28, 2021 6:47:47 GMT -6
I also wonder if the worst they have seen is just that it is actual factual people not necessarily entities?
I mean the microaggressions alone that used to get put into the threads here alone without malice or thought can you imagine when you are full blown racist and hate someone so much who threatens that white privilege and your perfect white Royal family
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Post by Sweetjane on Oct 28, 2021 6:55:13 GMT -6
China has been behind a lot of it, too. (Not necessarily Meghan AFAIK, but divisive, racist stuff, misinformation, in general. The Epoch Times was a fringe publication pre-Trump, now my Walmart sells the print copy.) That is not to dismiss the gajillion individual racists that they’ve also been up against. It’s awful to think they already faced those, and then foreign adversaries decided to exploit that and make it worse. That’s just my assumption, that the driving force behind the most prolific accounts would be a foreign adversary — the guy quoted in the article said it was baffling because “there’s no motive.” Stoking the flames of racism to cause division in an enemy people would be a motive, IMO. One of our local stations here started broadcasting the Epoch Times on the their own network. The NTD media group took it over and it's horribly biased and far right leaning. China would totally be behind something like this even if it was just an experiment to test out their effectiveness.
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Post by Bookshelves on Oct 28, 2021 7:02:20 GMT -6
China has been behind a lot of it, too. (Not necessarily Meghan AFAIK, but divisive, racist stuff, misinformation, in general. The Epoch Times was a fringe publication pre-Trump, now my Walmart sells the print copy.) That is not to dismiss the gajillion individual racists that they’ve also been up against. It’s awful to think they already faced those, and then foreign adversaries decided to exploit that and make it worse. That’s just my assumption, that the driving force behind the most prolific accounts would be a foreign adversary — the guy quoted in the article said it was baffling because “there’s no motive.” Stoking the flames of racism to cause division in an enemy people would be a motive, IMO. One of our local stations here started broadcasting the Epoch Times on the their own network. The NTD media group took it over and it's horribly biased and far right leaning. China would totally be behind something like this even if it was just an experiment to test out their effectiveness. It’s so scary the destabilizing effect they can have on a society without people realizing who is behind it. I am sure everyone here has examples of people in their lives who they’ve watched get radicalized, and these people don’t even realize that it’s happened to them.
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Post by Bookshelves on Oct 28, 2021 7:03:59 GMT -6
Me today
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Post by Sweetjane on Oct 28, 2021 7:04:53 GMT -6
I'm basically teaching my kids to question everything.
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Post by Bookshelves on Oct 28, 2021 7:05:10 GMT -6
I love this color combo so much that I’m giving her a pass on the matchy shoes. The lady loves her coordinating accessories.
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Post by Ls2012 on Oct 28, 2021 7:27:26 GMT -6
I also wonder if the worst they have seen is just that it is actual factual people not necessarily entities? I mean the microaggressions alone that used to get put into the threads here alone without malice or thought can you imagine when you are full blown racist and hate someone so much who threatens that white privilege and your perfect white Royal family It makes me wonder how deep into this Piers Morgan/ Enty are, given the crap they've said about her. Are they heaping on the wagon or are they pulling the cart? I'm very interested to see what and who gets uncovered by the investigations.
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Post by jaidit on Oct 28, 2021 7:33:07 GMT -6
Mathilde today
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Post by angelashly on Oct 28, 2021 7:34:08 GMT -6
I also wonder if the worst they have seen is just that it is actual factual people not necessarily entities? I mean the microaggressions alone that used to get put into the threads here alone without malice or thought can you imagine when you are full blown racist and hate someone so much who threatens that white privilege and your perfect white Royal family It makes me wonder how deep into this Piers Morgan/ Enty are, given the crap they've said about her. Are they heaping on the wagon or are they pulling the cart? I'm very interested to see what and who gets uncovered by the investigations. For me they are the catalyst. They started this fire and made it seem "ok" to speak about her in that way. I am sure they are in it somewhere
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Post by ggirl on Oct 28, 2021 7:56:37 GMT -6
It makes me wonder how deep into this Piers Morgan/ Enty are, given the crap they've said about her. Are they heaping on the wagon or are they pulling the cart? I'm very interested to see what and who gets uncovered by the investigations. For me they are the catalyst. They started this fire and made it seem "ok" to speak about her in that way. I am sure they are in it somewhere At minimum. They quote tweeted or liked some of the bot accounts.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 28, 2021 7:59:09 GMT -6
For me they are the catalyst. They started this fire and made it seem "ok" to speak about her in that way. I am sure they are in it somewhere At minimum. They quote tweeted or liked some of the bot accounts. YEP!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 10:37:07 GMT -6
One of our local stations here started broadcasting the Epoch Times on the their own network. The NTD media group took it over and it's horribly biased and far right leaning. China would totally be behind something like this even if it was just an experiment to test out their effectiveness. It’s so scary the destabilizing effect they can have on a society without people realizing who is behind it. I am sure everyone here has examples of people in their lives who they’ve watched get radicalized, and these people don’t even realize that it’s happened to them. It is really scary to see. I think everyone needs to get better at learning their biases and questioning their knee jerk reactions. This stuff isn’t going to stop happening when so many people keep engaging with it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 10:38:05 GMT -6
Fuck Piers/Enty.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 28, 2021 11:56:27 GMT -6
It’s so scary the destabilizing effect they can have on a society without people realizing who is behind it. I am sure everyone here has examples of people in their lives who they’ve watched get radicalized, and these people don’t even realize that it’s happened to them. It is really scary to see. I think everyone needs to get better at learning their biases and questioning their knee jerk reactions. This stuff isn’t going to stop happening when so many people keep engaging with it. This is what I was trying to get across so often here on these very threads. I never thought (minus a few) that was was said was out of malice or that posters here are racist but knowing your biases and doing better is important and can help with the social unrest this country is facing.
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Post by pitchslap on Oct 28, 2021 12:01:26 GMT -6
Mathilde today I don't quite understand the top but I love that she accessorized with reds
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Post by snowyowl on Oct 28, 2021 14:49:28 GMT -6
Mathilde today Love the makeup, hair, color scheme… but the shape of the shirt is confusing me.
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Post by STP on Oct 28, 2021 21:02:49 GMT -6
Mathilde today Love the makeup, hair, color scheme… but the shape of the shirt is confusing me. She’s so pretty. She loves colors. She loves patterns. It could all be so great. And it’s always a head tilt.
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Post by jnetx on Oct 28, 2021 21:09:20 GMT -6
Mathilde today Love the makeup, hair, color scheme… but the shape of the shirt is confusing me. It looks like the shirt is on backwards.
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Post by jorkzy on Oct 28, 2021 21:23:41 GMT -6
Love the makeup, hair, color scheme… but the shape of the shirt is confusing me. She’s so pretty. She loves colors. She loves patterns. It could all be so great. And it’s always a head tilt. Yes! From about the hips down, this is a great choice. Imagine if the bottoms and shoes had been paired with a fitted white, cream, or grey top? So much better. Even a fitted navy top. Anything.
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Post by teraiin on Oct 28, 2021 22:04:37 GMT -6
She’s so pretty. She loves colors. She loves patterns. It could all be so great. And it’s always a head tilt. Yes! From about the hips down, this is a great choice. Imagine if the bottoms and shoes had been paired with a fitted white, cream, or grey top? So much better. Even a fitted navy top. Anything. Agree completely
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Post by jaidit on Oct 29, 2021 2:58:37 GMT -6
There was a Norwegian parliament dinner last night. Love mette merit!
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Post by jaidit on Oct 29, 2021 2:58:52 GMT -6
She’s wearing this tiara
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Post by jaidit on Oct 29, 2021 2:59:31 GMT -6
Victoria yesterday
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Post by jaidit on Oct 29, 2021 5:28:52 GMT -6
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Post by jaidit on Oct 29, 2021 5:29:16 GMT -6
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Post by jaidit on Oct 29, 2021 5:30:11 GMT -6
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 29, 2021 7:19:17 GMT -6
Ohh I love Letizia and Mathilde today!!
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