Grifters Gotta Grift
Welcome to Parler! By attracting the gullible, they are also attracting the scammers. Is there a difference?
Fake GOP Leaders Are Selling CBD Oil On Parler
On Dec. 5, an account that said it was Vice President Mike Pence’s “Official Profile” on the conservative social network Parler posted a link to a Trump Challenge Coin giveaway.
“Own A Piece Of History With President Trump’s Commemorative Medallion!” said @MikePenceVicePresident, directing people to a website where they could order a free Trump commemorative coin if they paid for shipping. The post attracted over 170,000 views. Days later, the Pence account reshared a message from a “Team Trump” Parler account that promoted a CBD oil that falsely claimed to be endorsed by first lady Melania Trump.
Pence’s office confirmed that the account, which attracted hundreds of thousands of views, is fake. So are roughly 50 other Parler accounts that masqueraded as prominent Republicans, including White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump Jr., and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell to shill sketchy products to Parler’s pro-Trump user base.
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The fake accounts masqueraded as popular right-wing figures, as well as conservative news sources and average Trump fans, with the goal of earning money. Their ability to quickly attract followers and hundreds of thousands of views shows how Parler’s current growth spurt and freewheeling, anti-censorship ethos has created opportunities for manipulation and financial schemes.
Is that all?
The platform experienced rapid growth thanks to promotion from Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Devin Nunes, and other Republicans who pitch it as a place free from censorship. Along with fake accounts preying on Trump fans, the Washington Post reportedthat Parler, which is funded by the billionaire Mercer family who bankrolled right-wing news site Breitbart and disgraced data firm Cambridge Analytica, is inundated by porn spammers.
HAWT! Conservative porn spammers! So spanking and Xristian-scolding dominatrixes, I’m guessing. But I digest.
On Tuesday, Parler said it banned the accounts after being contacted by BuzzFeed News. “I believe most of those fraudulent accounts were a sad attempt to circumvent our advertising network,” Parler CEO John Matze said.
“They’re MY marks,” Matze didn’t add. “Hands-off!”
Heh. Seems like HL Mencken and PT Barnum or Artemus Ward could appropriately weigh in on this…
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Senator Warren could use it as a textbook example of what happens in markets that are not regulated.
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Spanking Xristian Dominatrixes.
There’s nothing more to be said.
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Hmm,,, I WAS gonna totally ignore it.
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I expect that a lot of those conservative Evangelist nutballs are deep into domination, bondage, pedophilia, and homosexuality…..they are so far in the closet, they need a road map to come out.
Why else do you think they know so much about sexual procedures they claim to abhor?
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Come into my Parler said the grifter to the rube
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A Libertarian wet dream…
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So, do I have this straight? Parler is grifting rubes out of their oxy $$ to buy sketchy CDB oil from phony Rs?
I can see that. Makes perfect sense.
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Sounds like the perfect forum to hawk pet watching insurance for after the rapture.
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