Trump is poised to gut online privacy, and his most devoted trolls are very unhappy

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Of all the constituencies that supported Donald Trump last November—working class white voters; anti-establishmentarians; the Ku Klux Klan—perhaps none displayed more unwavering, unyielding loyalty than his army of online trolls.

You know the ones: the Pepe-loving, hashtag-tweeting deplorables. They weaponized memes the way political operatives typically weaponize phone banks, and their effectiveness was rewarded by the loving embrace of Donald Trump himself, who bent over backwards to engage with the internet’s most vile users.

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Shock:
This is an attack against freedom. I want to make my own decisions about my life, not others, and that includes my private info as well. this is total bs, the house giving in to the business “establishment”, Pres Trump should stop this!!!!!

Denial:
I’m completely against this bill. Trump would never put something this idiotic through though. It’s all Paul Ryan and his cooperate shills.

Anger:
Trump needs to VETO this shit. This shit wreaks of swamp water and is definitely not part of MAGA.
Bargaining:
This is big, I’m very disappointed in it, it’s one of my top issues. But immigration, budget cuts, repealing Obamacare (and NOT getting in Ryancare), and Draining The Swamp are bigger, especially in aggregate.

Pain:
This bill will not be vetoed…Oh fuck me. Shit man.

Depression:
“So what do we do if Trump doesn’t veto? Do we still support him?”

And finally, acceptance:
“Hey man, this is deregulation! This is what Trump promised, it’s what he campaigned on.”

https://thinkprogress.org/gutting-online-privacy-trump-9f1f58f43a37

[LOL Lib]

1. LOL Fools

We tried to tell them.

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2. They actually expect Republicans to stand in the way of corporate greed?

And they call liberals naive.

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3. The last post

That is what you call a "good German"!!!

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4. Exactly. nt