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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slightly off-topic but is "astro-turfers" a more modern day "carpet-bagger"?

Is this a real term or just used here on DCUM?[/quote]

It’s a real thing. Carpetbaggers on steroids.  With Carpetbaggers, you knew who the person was. Atroturfing means the people supporting thi revert one. And no one  These book issues didn’t happen organically. This is a coordinated GOP strategy being pushed down to the local level.  If you get on Twitter and  sites like DCUM and FB with a coordinately attack ad messaging, you can make it seem like there is overwhelming community sentiment, when many posters and tweeters and FB accounts are GOP hacks ad only a few people create most of the content.  See also CRT. Or transgender students. [b]The outrage didn’t happen organically across the country. They were coordinated attacks formulated and supported outside FCPS.[/b] Because kids= politics. [/quote]

Exactly. The GOP uses kids as pawns to win elections. Disgusting. [/quote]

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