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By "grifter", do you mean someone who voices an opinion or says controversial things for money? Do mean someone who tries to shape the opinions of others? Do you mean someone like Rush Limbaugh? He was a big time conservative influencer.

It's one of many words that have lost their meanings, either by stupidity or intentionally.

A grifter is a con man or a swindler. When I started to see on-line "influencers" or social media voices being labeled as grifters, it seemed most of them were being accused of being fake - or taking on a persona and opinions that were not their own to make money in the online sphere.

But it is now being applied to ANYONE who is online spouting opinions, especially those that are very popular or have lots of followers, etc. Most of these people are in no way grifters, by any known definition.

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Posted on 3/27/24 at 3:03 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

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A grifter is a con man or a swindler. When I started to see on-line "influencers" or social media voices being labeled as grifters, it seem most of them were being accused of being fake - or taking on a persona and opinions that were not their own to make money in the online sphere. But it is now being applied to ANYONE who is online spouting opinions, especially those that are very popular or have lots of followers, etc. Most of these people are in no way grifters, by any known definition.

You’ve seen that because every single person who makes a living giving their opinions on the internet, or in media generally, is in fact a fake piece of shite.

Every single one of them are just saying whatever they thing will win them clicks and thus money.

Hasn’t everyone always known that?

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