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i didn’t defend anyone or the general act of shilling.

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i am going to push back on that a bit and say that your presumption about other users is unfounded and toxic to the community.

Also, what makes you so sure that these are private accounts?

i assume that other users are actual users. there is no reason for you to assume they are not.

Is your argument that it’s okay to spread hate and slander

no

they dont interact with anyone except to spread hateful messages, and the messages are copy pastes of other bots.

i have never seen this.

this is a platform for people to discuss topics that interest them. i have every reason to believe it’s populated by people discussing topics that interest them.

I don’t think private individuals without a political agenda

i don’t believe there are private individuals without a political agenda

I can only conclude from such behavior that it is not about exchanging ideas with others, but about promoting a clearly defined world view,

some people want to spread their ideas. that doesn’t make them not-people or even require that tehy are paid.

they only post on thing topic with some random sprinckled in

so? they might care a lot about one or two topics.

what makes you think they aren’t sincerely held beliefs being posted by real people?

america makes banana republics. america is an empire

as the mod of two worldnews communities, can you try to squash the shill/bot accusations. it’s dehumanizing, and it acts as a thought terminating cliche, stopping discussion of the topic. it’s toxic af and it should be grounds for immediate short bans, and long bans with repeated use.