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[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

Your lack of observation or reading comprehension doesn't negate the validity of what many of us saw and experienced, nor does reduce how gross and weird it was/is.
Up until a couple weeks ago, I would see 3-4 posts a day were someone would try to highjack a popular post by posting ragebate aimed at Dems. Often in posts about whatever stupid shit Trump was currently doing at that moment. Or they would start their own post with something obviously intended to get people to respond. After they got someone hooked, they would pick a nonsenseical position, usually claiming that they voted 3rd party because they were too upset with the how they were trying to save the Palestinians from the murderous Dems.
Was it a bunch of people, one or two people with multiple accounts, or maybe a group a acting in concert, I don't know. But no matter who it was, it soon became obvious that they weren't here to argue their position or try to change minds, they were just here to argue and inflame. They were obviously looking for to make people angry and get yelled at. At first it seemed like the normal trolls, but then it began to be obvious that it wasn't about just fucking with people for amusement, it was about achieving something. It was about hitting some goal that satisfied them and then they would start over again in some other post.
I am not happy with 3rd party voters, and I strongly disagree with any arguments that they had any affect other than helping Trump win. But they put in the effort, and did their civic duty. But you are correct, those types of people wouldn't be in here bragging about being fooled, or how stupid they are. I could believe at first that they were trying alleviate some shame or guilt, but no... The ones that are gross and weird about, the ones still occasionally trying to start shit, those are the ones we all hate more than even the maga.