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Originally posted by squidboy
Odd that this only happened with Interscope artists.
Silly Hackers... Why didn't they go after artists on different labels? Why only musicians? Why not people that have more followers like Ashton Kutcher? Or why not just hack every body. But not, just a handful of artists.
Do you people actually believe every person on Twitter handles their own personal twitter account? In most cases with the famous, it's an assistant or Public relations person. The more famous the person, the more likely it's not that person.
Why only musicians from Interscope? Interscope is a conglomerate of Universal Music Group, which is then owned by Vivendi.
In effect Vivendi (a Company most people have never even heard of) owns Interscope... So who was the first news agency to report this hack? Rolling Stone.
Who owns Rolling Stone? Who oversees Rollingstone.com? Follow the trail and it's.... Vivendi.
www.vivendi.com...
Yeah, no connection there (sarcasm).
Originally posted by kozmo
I see the resident Marxist/Socialist/Communist forum members are already busy at work making sad and sorry attempts to discredit Dr, Paul. There are headlines now showing that even Democrats are supporting Dr. Paul over any Democrat candidate. The "Don't take my entitlements away" crowd are getting scared and resorting to some pretty sad tactics.
Get used to it Libs, REAL change is coming and it WON'T resemble the hand-out utopia you've been advocating!
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
They can't comprehend that there are complete morons that support Ron Paul
...because they like to categorize themselves as superior intelligent people.
It's actually kind of funny.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by squidboy
Can someone please link me to me to an official twitter statement that states this occurred?
That what occured...that the hacking and posting Ron Paul endorsements occured???
I don't think it is in doubt that it occured...all the artists have tweets about their accounts being hacked on their twitter accounts.
twitter.com...#!/riseagainst
We were hacked. As you would all assume, We DO NOT support Ron Paul.
twitter.com...#!/nodoubt
Our Twitter account was hacked last night. No political endorsements at this time. Love, No Doubt
Are you honestly trying to say that this event didn't happen at all???
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
The military-industrial complex and corporate interests do not want to see Ron Paul in power. They are going to do anything and everything they can to discredit him and his supporters. This is a fact, whether you like it or not.
Anything and everything includes the Super Pac's pouring big money into commercials supporting Gingrich,
Santorum,Perry and Huntsman. Even though they lack the money to even stay in the race.
ABM ( anybody but Mitt) but not Paul.
edit on 13-1-2012 by OLD HIPPY DUDE because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Open_Minded Skeptic
This is just a discussion about some activities on the political front, where initial evidence seems to implicate RP supporters as having been up to hijinks.
That's because true Paul supporters wouldn't stoop to this. I have no doubts there are some idiots that support him but, show me one politician that doesn't have morons following him/her.
Now, this could be taken on as a discussion, with various points of view being expressed. However, I'm seeing a fair amount of defensiveness on the part of self-described RP supporters in this thread.
With all the things I've seen used over the years to try and discredit Paul I believe it's yet another attempt against him but it could be some supporter that did it. Unlike most in Paul threads I don't just jump on the Paul's supporters are morons wagon.
This may indeed be a miserable attempt by somebody to discredit Paul. Or it may indeed be some inappropriate behavior on the part of some Paul supporters.
I'm still on the fence regarding Paul, and whether this hacking was done by his supporters I frankly don't care that much about this.
Still, the defensiveness is interesting...
Originally posted by Simon_Boudreaux
Originally posted by Open_Minded Skeptic
This is just a discussion about some activities on the political front, where initial evidence seems to implicate RP supporters as having been up to hijinks.
What initial evidence? Am I missing something here? Not being a smart ass, I just haven't seen any evidence pointing to Paul supporters other than opinions.
Still, the defensiveness is interesting...
Why is it interesting? The only thing I see being defended is the fact that there are a few in this thread that are just drooling over being able to call his supporters idiots and morons without it being proven it was someone supporting him. To me it's no more interesting that the posters that flock to Obama threads to defend everything he does and doesn't do.
resident Marxist/Socialist/Communist forum member
who is advocating a
The "Don't take my entitlements away" crowd
to be interesting.
hand-out utopia
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by Simon_Boudreaux
I am not trying to discredit Ron Paul! I may vote for Ron Paul. This is about the overzealous supporters.
I have been sending a message to his supporters that SOME of them are scaring the public with their behaviors. You say Ron Paul supporters wouldn't do this, but they are a VERY diverse group. They do not think with one mind. To think that all Ron Paul supporters are good people and wouldn't stoop to this kind of behavior is just naive.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I am not trying to discredit Ron Paul! I may vote for Ron Paul. This is about the overzealous supporters.
I have been sending a message to his supporters that SOME of them are scaring the public with their behaviors. You say Ron Paul supporters wouldn't do this, but they are a VERY diverse group. They do not think with one mind. To think that all Ron Paul supporters are good people and wouldn't stoop to this kind of behavior is just naive.
Originally posted by Open_Minded Skeptic
Interesting in the context of the post to which I was replying. I have not been following or participating in RP threads in general; not that interested.
But I found the assumptions that anyone who might question Paul is a
resident Marxist/Socialist/Communist forum member
and member ofwho is advocating a
The "Don't take my entitlements away" crowdto be interesting.
hand-out utopia
To me, that phraseology is not indicative of a reasonable or even semi-reasonable discussion, it is - to me - more an incoherent spewing of some mix of talking points.
This is by far not the only thread where this kind of "discussion" takes place... some Obama threads make the worst of the worst of the claims against Paul a mere Sunday drive.
I always find the kind of "discussion" discussed here to be interesting...
Originally posted by squidboy
So if you support Ron Paul, why even risk a negative smear campaign in the process? It makes zero sense.
If a Ron Paul supporter is cleaver enough to know how to crack the passwords of several "famous" users within a short span of time.
Wouldn't they fear the ramifications of committing a federal offense that's easy to track?
Why wouldn't they focus their efforts on famous twitter users with the highest follower counts?
Something the reported story lacks; without an investigation from the proper Federal authorities as this is a major offense, the story is just hearsay.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by squidboy
Originally posted by squidboy
So if you support Ron Paul, why even risk a negative smear campaign in the process? It makes zero sense.
The answer to this is above. But I want to make the point that just because I support someone, that doesn't mean I'm going to keep quiet about something that's potentially damaging to my guy. I hate that kind of thinking. I want to know everything and make an educated decision.