What a horribly cynical and dishonest way to make a living

vraiblonde

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Crowds on Demand promises crowds "to move forward a healthcare, financial, energy, or other social initiative, we can organize rallies and get media attention for your causes and candidates."

"If you need to hire protesters, we can get a crowd on the street, sometimes within 24 hours time," the company's website promises.

They can "staff" city council meetings: "If you need speakers to present at a council meeting, we can provide talented and well-spoken individuals to advocate for the cause."

Need to make astroturfed phone calls to Congress? "We also have a dedicated team of phone-banking staff who can call Congressional Offices and convince government officials to support your cause and help you overcome opposition."

Are you trying to remove a popular TV host or need some other letter-writing campaign? "[W]e have a network of tens of thousands of individuals across the country who can send well-written constituent letters to their representatives."

This should be illegal. But at least now we know where all those "Kamala supporters" come from, like we didn't already suspect as much.
 

Grumpy

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Told you so. 5 years ago.

:lol: Had forgotten all about Chrissy, could he be back as one of the newer trolls??
 

thurley42

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These organized mobs for profit can't be extended the same liberties and protections as honest protestors (whatever that means), can they?
 

Clem72

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These organized mobs for profit can't be extended the same liberties and protections as honest protestors (whatever that means), can they?
Why not? If you outlaw protesting when the protestor has a financial stake in the protest you can no longer protest for..... better pay/unions, less or more wars (if you work for anyone that profits off of war), can't protest for civil rights if you are a professor that teaches anything that covers civil rights, can't protest against abortion laws if you work for planned Parenthood, can't protest restrictive gun laws if you buy/sell guns, etc.

Not perfect examples, but it makes my point (I think).
 

phreddyp

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These organized mobs for profit can't be extended the same liberties and protections as honest protestors (whatever that means), can they?
Seems to me if someone is paying someone to do something and they break the law or vandalize property, suing the employer is the proper thing to do. I don't imagine it would take too long to lawfare them out of existence.
 

thurley42

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Why not? If you outlaw protesting when the protestor has a financial stake in the protest you can no longer protest for..... better pay/unions, less or more wars (if you work for anyone that profits off of war), can't protest for civil rights if you are a professor that teaches anything that covers civil rights, can't protest against abortion laws if you work for planned Parenthood, can't protest restrictive gun laws if you buy/sell guns, etc.

Not perfect examples, but it makes my point (I think).
I understand what you're saying, and I agree.....in principle. But let's be honest, that's not what this is about. This is about Mobs for hire to come in and occupy, protest, destroy and create complete chaos in an a given AO. It will attract anarchists and other deviants who have no moral attachment to said protest, they just want to make a buck to break things.....

We already have tons of video proof of protests throughout Trump's term where people asked protestors and rioters why they were doing it and they couldn't answer and either walked away of got violent with the media.

There used to be ethics and morality attached to law, I think those days are long gone, and compete Bedlam is what we are left with. Writing this I feel they will have said protections as it will give the powers that be more rope to hang us with in the form of Marshall Law, etc.
 
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GURPS

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Told you so. 5 years ago.



yeah I posted about this during the Ferguson Riots ... news started leaking out
 

vraiblonde

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Not perfect examples, but it makes my point (I think).

Bad examples and point not made. These are hired paid professional protesters who also fake being concerned citizens at town hall meetings. They have no dog in the fight, don't even live in that area, they are simply being paid by someone who has an unpopular enough agenda that they need to pay people to make it look like they have support, with the goal of influencing ignorant squishes who don't know jack sh*t but vote anyway.

They are basically unregistered lobbyists, and I'm pretty sure that's against the law.
 

Clem72

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Bad examples and point not made. These are hired paid professional protesters who also fake being concerned citizens at town hall meetings. They have no dog in the fight, don't even live in that area, they are simply being paid by someone who has an unpopular enough agenda that they need to pay people to make it look like they have support, with the goal of influencing ignorant squishes who don't know jack sh*t but vote anyway.

They are basically unregistered lobbyists, and I'm pretty sure that's against the law.
Look I don't have time to break out the finger paints like I normally do to get you to understand my point so I will try once and if we disagree so be it.

I was not saying those activities in my examples were the equivalent of paid protesting. I was saying that a law made to outlaw paid protesting could and likely would be used to outlaw the other types of protesting. Because that literally always happens.
 
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Clem72

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It's hardly my fault you can't communicate your thoughts with any clarity.

Oh, and GFY :yay:

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