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Bernie Sanders' Second Life Headquarters Besieged by Trump-Supporting Swastikas (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the downloading-politics-in-virtual-world dept.

Wagner James Au, writing for Motherboard (edited and condensed):As Donald Trump continues to ride roughshod over much of the United States, there are multiple reports that Trumps' virtual fans are riding roughshod on Bernie Sanders' unofficial headquarters in Second Life as well. Sanders' spot is in the sim (Second Life region) of Caspoli, with a Bernie 2016 banner that can be seen from satellite. It's a Roman-themed hangout space in a peaceful meadow, where Bernie supporters often gather to share news of their favorite candidate. But lately, the place has been besieged by pro-Trump griefers. [...] During a Bernie rally in Second Life, Sanders support group member Macaria Wind goes on, Trump-supporting demons flew around Bernie's rally, endlessly typing "TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!" into text chat.

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  1. ....wait....SecondLife is still a thing? by OutOnARock · · Score: 5, Insightful

    who knew?

    1. Re:....wait....SecondLife is still a thing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's actually the real news here.

  2. Doubtful by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are two things I find unlikely about this story.

    1. That Second Life is still a thing.
    2. That these are actual Trump supporters.

    It's just trolls getting a two-for-one deal. They get to disrupt the Bernie supporters while at the same time painting Trump supporters in a bad(worse?) light.

  3. Re:False flag? by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It sounds like something Linden Lab would do to let people know that Second Life still exists, apparently.

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    SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
  4. Why the fuck is /. wasting our time with this?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What I want to know is why /. is wasting our time with such a stupid submission.

    Come on! As I look through the Firehose, I see numerous stories far more relevant, interesting and newsworthy than this pathetic one is.

    And don't suggest that I submit stories. I tried that, and they must have been too relevant or something (they had to do with computing), because they ended up silently discarded. I'm not going to waste my time doing that again!

    Editors, can we please avoid these pointless political submissions? Yeah, they generate a lot of comments, but they're typically useless comments. They're a lot like YouTube comments or Twitter tweets; they're voluminous but extremely low-quality comments. They're far more harmful to Slashdot than they are beneficial.

  5. Re:False flag? by npslider · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Second Life still exists?!