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Re:The Yang Gang and Its Bots by Ottolay on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:47PM (#22134602)
I like Yang and it is kind of insulting to be dismissed as a bot for posting a comment supporting him. It feels dismissive and similar I would imagine to being a Bernie supporter and being called a "bernie bros". I know lots of Bernie supporters who are not dumb college males and lots of Yang supports who are not automated scripts (aka bots).

edit: spelling

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Re:The Yang Gang and Its Bots by jshevek on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:03AM (#22135770)
I have seen this accusation made frequently towards supporters of Bernie, Tulsi, Trump, and Yang. In all cases the accused were real people.

Edit: I could see this kind of mistreatment causing an increase in general anti-establishment sentiment.

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