Seen this shit before with Reddit’s most astroturfed poison producers: Monsanto.

“Glyphosate is so safe that you can drink it.” eco-porky

“Then drink it. Right now. With the cameras on you.” ecoterrorism

“I got to go!” porky-scared-flipped

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    I think it’s something like the “Narcissist’s Prayer” where of course they don’t believe it unless their grifting stumbles on something that makes them hope they might become immortal god-kings yet.

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      I think they earnestly believe it and the real grifting is the “center left” facade they have so they don’t get kicked out of the polycule

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        Up until a few years ago I do recall my-hero getting brought up, uninvited, in almost every left-leaning online community I can think of, usually under some pretense of “but what about ELO~N? He’s one of the good ones and (press release copypaste about saving humanity and humans becoming interplanetary species here)” morshupls