r/europe • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • 1d ago

Irish protester ‘repeatedly punched in the face by police’ during Gaza protest in Berlin

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-protester-repeatedly-punched-in-the-face-by-police-during-gaza-protest-in-berlin/a249856773.html
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u/Low_Mistake_7748 1d ago

Fascinating how it's always bot farms when the narrative isn't aligned with the sub :)

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u/onarainyafternoon Dual Citizen (American/Hungarian) 1d ago

Huh? Yeah, that's exactly how it works. If the narrative shifts drastically from what it would normally be in this sub, then it's obviously being manipulated by outside forces. Your comment is so weird.

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u/CthulhusSoreTentacle Ireland 1d ago

It's a two month old account with a generic randomised name "Something_Something_Numbers". Not saying all users like this are bots/trolls, but there's a strong correlation.

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u/reddit-is-a-cunt 1d ago

Thank god thats not my naming scheme, thought I was a meant to be botting for a sec

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u/Forzyr 1d ago

It's an username generated automatically by default on reddit, so they're often bots or throwaway accounts.

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u/Doyoulikemyjorts 1d ago

Is this not perfectly on brand for this sub tho? It's one notch down from r/world news when it comes to Palestine.

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u/CalligoMiles Utrecht (Netherlands) 1d ago

The point is that bot farms aren't unique to the side you dislike. Or did we already forget how the whole Scottish independence movement fell silent when the Iranian internet got blown up, or the absolute piles of evidence on how they support absolutely anything and everything vaguely aligned against Israel and the West with the online narratives they push?

Just because you agree with a sentiment doesn't mean it can't also be heavily pushed by bots all the time.

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u/Bhdrbyr Turkey 1d ago

The point is that bot farms aren't unique to the side you dislike.

Opposing police brutality is being on some kind of side now? Oh well it looks like the right side to be on then lol

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u/CalligoMiles Utrecht (Netherlands) 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well, if you insist on being dense - even when you're objectively right on a point, that sentiment is still being amplified and exaggerated by bot farms too as part of the broader sides in the conflict it relates to. And Iran and its proxies have been doing that a whole lot bigger and better than Israel over the entire past decade if not longer.

Pointing it out as if it only happens when you disagree with what they're pushing just displays your lack of critical thinking and inability to form thoughts beyond what your tribe has declared good and evil.

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u/Low_Mistake_7748 1d ago edited 1d ago

Or, you know... people don't necessarily agree on every single topic. Mind-blowing and radical, I know. But then again, with the speed non-agreeable accounts are banned from subs, it makes sense the rest of the users considers any other opinion a bot.

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u/lasttimechdckngths Europe 1d ago

We all know that there are enough dedicated scum to bring in hordes, but it's hardly deniable that there are bots when it comes to this particular issue at least.

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u/Shadow_Gabriel Romania 1d ago

Especially when bots are used to promote pro-Hamas rhetoric.

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u/Nachtwacht12 1d ago

The fact that those comments get to stay on top says enough about the alleged bot usage. It doesn't exist, and they don't like people have different opinions, and will be elitarian while suppressing those opinions and then be surprised theres a civil war in a few years