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MSM and the Left claiming there are no paid protestors

Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:22 am
Posted by CajunZ81
Mexico City
Member since Jun 2010
1751 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:22 am
I am noticing a big push to discredit Sean Spicer this morning with his comments about paid protesters. Within the last year we have discussed numerous times on this board about evidence about these protesters being paid. I think it's pretty obvious they (not all protesters but the a significant portion) are being funded. So I'm searching around to try to find some solid sources to support these claims but it's like all of a sudden there is nothing to be found.

Does anyone know of any credible sources to back up this claim of paid protesters?

TIA
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40736 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:25 am to
It was craigslist adds. They traced the number given back to an organization tied directly to Soros.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
54158 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:28 am to
I hope that this Administration can determine some facts about these protests and review whether all of their operations are legal.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85652 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:29 am to
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I think it's pretty obvious they (not all protesters but the a significant portion) are being funded.


I don't think a "significant" portion of the actual protesters are being funded by anyone

I think it is highly plausible that the organizers/leaders of the protests are funded by certain interest groups, but the protesters themselves? That seems unlikely.

The protesters are just being manipulated by emotional appeals. It is pretty easy to do.
Posted by Walkthedawg
Dawg Pound
Member since Oct 2012
11466 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:29 am to
We don't need the media to tell us what we already know. MAGA
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
50974 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:31 am to
I think 80% of the protestors right now are just bored high school kids. We used to drive to the river and drink beer but times have changed I suppose
Posted by themunch
bottom of the list
Member since Jan 2007
71595 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:31 am to
The MSM is a paid protest organization.
Posted by Chimlim
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2005
17773 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:33 am to
They have to be, I mean who the frick has time for all of this protesting shite if they are not getting paid.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68516 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:35 am to
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MSM and the Left

They also claim they report the news honestly, so there's that
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:37 am to
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I mean who the frick has time for all of this protesting shite if they are not getting paid.





You don't get days off from work? Vacation/PTO time?
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68516 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:38 am to
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PTO

Protesting
Time
Off
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
Member since Oct 2012
87171 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:39 am to
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I don't think a "significant" portion of the actual protesters are being funded by anyone
Correct a significant portion are simply idiots.

Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
156347 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:39 am to
Pussies
Take
Off
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56137 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:39 am to
quote:

I mean who the frick has time for all of this protesting shite if they are not getting paid.


The hippies of the 60s have been the only true protesters in my lifetime. As much as I loathed them back them I now appreciate their effort as opposed to these pretenders nowadays.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:39 am to
quote:

You don't get days off from work? Vacation/PTO time?



What kind of piece of human debris uses their days off to go set fires and tear up shite?
Posted by RabidTiger
Member since Nov 2009
3127 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:43 am to
quote:

What kind of piece of human debris uses their days off to go set fires and tear up shite?


A lot of this behavior has been carried out by organized groups of anarchists. I doubt they work 9-5 corporate jobs.
Posted by dmjones
Acworth, GA
Member since Mar 2016
2303 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:46 am to
I know a few people who have protested, not rioted, and they aren't hurting for money. Professional types who really do just believe in what they're protesting for.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:46 am to
quote:

What kind of piece of human debris uses their days off to go set fires and tear up shite?



Those idiots are called rioters, not protesters.
Posted by Turbeauxdog
Member since Aug 2004
24256 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:48 am to
quote:

Those idiots are called rioters, not protesters.


On the left the two are synonymous. What's most discouraging is the left sends these paid hooligans to conservative gatherings to incite violence.
Posted by Iosh
Bureau of Interstellar Immigration
Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:49 am to
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It was craigslist adds. They traced the number given back to an organization tied directly to Soros.
So a craigslist ad, which can be posted by anyone, linking to a number that was publicly available (if they traced it) is constitutes ironclad proof?

If I make an M4M ad using a public but not well-known picture of Richard Spencer does that prove he's a closet case?
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