(Disclaimer: I'm not suggesting that any Yahookans who have disagreed with me in the past are among this paid troll crowd. I think the paid folks tend to gravitate towards top 10 sites like the blogs/forums on amazon, facebook, etc.)
As an online political activist from everything ranging from cannabis legalization to 9/11, to the stolen 2004 election, to Iraq war lies, to repealing the income tax and ending the Fed, I have locked horns probably thousands of times now with those who disagree with my views; indeed, some of these people seem to have a practically limitless amount of time to try to pick apart every aspect of every one of my posts with the highest imaginable level of vitriol. It has been almost impossible not to wonder if some of these people are actually getting paid by "the bad guys" to storm the blogs and forums and try to howl down honest discussion by way of straw man arguments and ad hominem attacks.
Thanks to my activist friend Sheila Casey's digging, we now have a clue as to who such paid shills work for. I thought I'd initiate this thread as a heads-up to those whose initial reaction is "bwahahaha!!!" to the mere idea of "paid shills" defending various status quos on internet blogs/forums.Check out this ad:
I just checked the site on the ad and it's still operational, with that very ad on the site's front page. Keep in mind this is probably not the only such company. For more, check out
Sheila's blog...