Freemason9
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The Drudge Report is a Republican-controlled news aggregator site that links to articles supporting right wing ideology. It specializes in allegations, outrage, fear, rage, and vague conspiratorial rhetoric.
It's the kiss of death when your article is linked by Drudge, because Drudge followers (the Drudge Sludge) go the linked site and flood it with crazy right wing fuckery. As an example, the Nat'l Weather Service issued a statement regarding a data loss from a weather satellite. Although it seems to be a temporary issue that is network-related, the Drudge Sludge flooded the associated message board with
(1) It's Obama's fault--due to his falsified birth certificate.
(2) It's Obama's fault--he's trying to cover up data that harms the global warming theories.
(3) It's Muslims!
(4) It's Ebola!
(5) Government is too big.
(6) All minorities should leave the country.
I suspect it's a matter of time before Drudge is banned from linking to many websites--really, once Drudge links, "there goes the neighborhood."
LOL
It's the kiss of death when your article is linked by Drudge, because Drudge followers (the Drudge Sludge) go the linked site and flood it with crazy right wing fuckery. As an example, the Nat'l Weather Service issued a statement regarding a data loss from a weather satellite. Although it seems to be a temporary issue that is network-related, the Drudge Sludge flooded the associated message board with
(1) It's Obama's fault--due to his falsified birth certificate.
(2) It's Obama's fault--he's trying to cover up data that harms the global warming theories.
(3) It's Muslims!
(4) It's Ebola!
(5) Government is too big.
(6) All minorities should leave the country.
I suspect it's a matter of time before Drudge is banned from linking to many websites--really, once Drudge links, "there goes the neighborhood."
LOL