• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Because everyone is and they know she can mobilize people. She got like 400k people to sign up to vote just in a few hours from her link.

      But it turns out you can’t just pretend a celebrity endorses you, no matter how badly your Disinformation Bureau tells you otherwise.

      • b34k@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Correction: she got 400k people to click a link where they can get information about registering to vote in their state. Whether those were unregistered voters and/or if any of those actually went through with registration remains to be seen.

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          3 months ago

          If it results in 5000 votes in Pennsylvania that’s a big deal.

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          3 months ago

          Imagine if her account was hacked, how many botnets she could help strengthen.

          With great power…

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      3 months ago

      Because they want to fuck her- not necessarily only because they are attracted to her, but because she is a highly successful, outspoken white woman they would like to “show her place.”

      In other words, it’s a power fantasy- consent not required.