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CatOfTheDecade t1_irxbgwd wrote

So as one of the 3 or 4 moderates on Reddit, I often try to give people on the right a little bit of a break -- especially with a single tweet showing no context. "Okay," I thought. "Maybe this was an intern speaking as himself. Like, maybe there's a tweet before this saying 'I'm just speaking as myself, Joe Intern, now and...'"

There is not. This person got caught astroturfing and it is glorious.

EDIT: With that in mind, this highlights the dangers -- and the extreme effectiveness -- of concern trolling, especially when it involves identity politics.

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