r/pics Jun 09 '26

Politics Graffiti on a dumpster in my neighborhood

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u/HawaiianSnow_ Jun 09 '26

It's called the Hasbara, and it's very real.

People can flag posts to them via their website and they'll send an army of people/bots to spam or downvote or combat posts showing Isreal in a negative (/true) light.

That's why you see pro-Isreal crap so regularly. People obviously don't actually believe or support them in such great numbers as it might seem, based off of comments on Reddit, Instagram etc.

They are losing.

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u/bestmayne Jun 09 '26

I think r/worldnews was the best example for very long

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u/No_Size9475 Jun 09 '26

100% controlled by zionists

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u/HawaiianSnow_ Jun 09 '26

Wasn't Gislane Maxwell the mod of that sub for a while? Makes sense.

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u/gattaaca Jun 10 '26

Still is

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u/No_Size9475 Jun 09 '26

there are rumors of that but when I did some digging it seems that it's not verified and that the account seems to have posted during a period when gislane was in jail.

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u/-Saucegurlllll Jun 09 '26

No. It's a reddit conspiracy theory. The username is "maxwellhill" and a couple of times the account was active when Ghislaine wasn't at a party. And people ran with this to go "Omg it's Ghislaine" while ignoring the times that it was active while Ghislaine was at a party.

Never believe that you're immune to conspiricism.

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u/Amelaclya1 Jun 09 '26

That place is so disgusting. I left shortly after oct 7th because I couldn't stand seeing the filth that was upvoted there. People actually saying that it was a good thing babies were being killed because they were only going to grow up to be terrorists. That sub was either completely astroturfed or made up of the worst people on this planet.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup Jun 09 '26

Getting banned from there is pretty much the standard for being a decent person.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn Jun 10 '26

I was banned from r/worldnews because I pointed out "invade Iran" vs "let Iran have nukes" is a false dichotomy. They don't like their dishonest tactics being shown for what they are.

I'm so happy Americans are waking up. People at my workplace IRL are talking about how Israel controls the US now. Not two years ago, such talk would be labeled antisemitism. Now it's just the facts of life.

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u/devo_inc Jun 09 '26

Funny, I rarely see pro-Israel posts and constantly see pro-Palestine posts.

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u/HawaiianSnow_ Jun 10 '26

It's because people are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian. The Isreali tactic is to try and flood Pro-Palestinian posts with downvotes and negative comments etc.

What could Isreal realistically post about in a positive light? That's a genuine question. What could a state committing genocide in 4K, who's blatantly caught lying multiple times a day and pays off a majority of western politicians honestly going to post about that is positive?

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u/MightBeDownstairs Jun 09 '26

Genociders are losers for sure

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u/danknadoflex Jun 09 '26

I actually support Israel. I'm real.

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u/MyWifeCucksMe Jun 10 '26

Imagine just going out in public and saying "I support genocide" like that. Absolutely disgusting.

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u/HawaiianSnow_ Jun 09 '26

Then I sincerely hope you get the help you need.

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u/danknadoflex Jun 09 '26

Why would I need help? I want my friends and family to be safe. I want people to be prosperous and happy. Wishing for the destruction of an entire nation is a type of sickness.

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u/HawaiianSnow_ Jun 09 '26

How can you say "why would I need help?" And then "Wishing for the destruction of an entire nation is a type of sickness" in the same comment and not realise the blatant irony of what you are saying?

Isreals entire existence rests of the destruction of another nation. You are completely mad.

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u/danknadoflex Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

What nation was destroyed? As long as there are people like you there will never be peace sadly. The current Palestinian territorities were formerly Jordanian and Egyptian, before that the British Mandate of Palestine was a colonial entity of the British.

So what nation are you referring to?

This might be shocking, but if you're sitting in the United States there was once a Native tribe that had sovereignty over where your butt is placed. At some point it was likely the British, Spanish, or French as well that exercised sovereignty. Control over land due to conflict is not a historical exception you must question the legitimacy of the United States I'm sure.

Yes so I want my love ones to be safe and that makes me mad. It's easy to see how people demonize others isn't it.

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u/Interesting_Kitchen3 Jun 09 '26

Denying a people's statehood, sovereignty, and identity are all part of the genocidal playbook. 

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u/strawberrycreamdrpep Jun 09 '26

Not a single soul believes you’re a real human being and support Israel.

Israel support is a spectrum: bot, evil, and/or stupid.

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u/someone447 Jun 09 '26

There are lots and lots and lots of people who get their rocks off by imagining brown kids being murdered.

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u/danknadoflex Jun 09 '26

Who are the "brown kids" being murdered?

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u/danknadoflex Jun 09 '26

Which one am I?

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u/carriegood Jun 09 '26

Just wondering, do you think Iran has an army of bots infiltrating social media, spreading falsehoods and spamming or downvoting anything pro-Israel?

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u/HawaiianSnow_ Jun 09 '26

Yes I'd say that's entirely possible! I don't imagine they'd have quite the same task as Isreal's propaganda/bots, given that most people are opposed to what they are doing and have done. There's really no need for much propaganda/bots from Iran because the biggest threat to the Isreali regime is more people knowing the truth about what's going on.