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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:45 PM Jan 2020

'One Million Moms' Behind Hallmark Lesbian Ad Backlash Is One Woman

From the article:

One of America’s most prolific anti-LGBTQ+ groups has reportedly been inflating its numbers for years.

The right-wing advocacy organization One Million Moms was behind last week’s call to boycott the Hallmark Channel over airing a lesbian-themed commercial by the online wedding registry Zola. After a petition opposing LGBTQ+ content on the family-oriented channel the advertisement garnered more than 30,000 signatures, Hallmark decided to pull the ad — before reversing its decision just days later.

But after Out reported that the petitions circulated by anti-LGBTQ+ conservatives were fake
allowing individuals and bots to sign multiple times — GLAAD claims those aren’t the only tactics opponents used to reverse engineer a controversy.

According to the national LGBTQ+ nonprofit, One Million Moms does not, in fact, count millions of members among its ranks. Instead the name reportedly refers to just one right-wing activist: Monica Cole. In an op-ed published on GLAAD’s website, contributor Jeremy Hooper says Cole “is quite literally the only staff member [he has] ever heard anyone name.”


To read more:

https://www.out.com/news/2019/12/17/one-million-moms-behind-hallmark-lesbian-ad-backlash-one-woman

Any bets on who might be behind many of these fake signatures and bot-driven petitions?

Note:

This thread uses information provided by tenderfoot in a response to another post of mine.

Thank you, tenderfoot.

the original post:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212867796

A related post from bitteross:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12866095
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'One Million Moms' Behind Hallmark Lesbian Ad Backlash Is One Woman (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2020 OP
Wow! Newest Reality Jan 2020 #1
Who is paying her? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #2
The old ASTROTURF gambit. Captain Zero Jan 2020 #3
Possibly with Russian bots? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #6
The American Family Association. bitterross Jan 2020 #4
I edited mine to include this link. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #5
I wonder if she is related to Terry Rakolta: spooky3 Jan 2020 #7
3 degrees of separation? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #9
See, I would have bet Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2020 #8
How much would you have bet? eom guillaumeb Jan 2020 #10
No more than what's in the couch cushions. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2020 #11
An excellent guide to betting behavior. eom guillaumeb Jan 2020 #12
Yep, like Grandad used to say, Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2020 #14
It just feels like a million women when she's yelling at you. tanyev Jan 2020 #13
Who pays her? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #15
This was posted not that long ago. At least a few more folks will see it. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #16

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
1. Wow!
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:53 PM
Jan 2020

I have heard of multiple personalities, but this is taking it to an extreme. A million?

Well, its the typical form of showmanship that we often see from Republicans. Damn, they are often good at it, too and their boss, well, he's greater than P.T. Barnum, maybe even the greatest ever.

I guess it is because they are good at living in their fantasies and can convince themselves they are real. What fun!

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,659 posts)
14. Yep, like Grandad used to say,
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 10:14 PM
Jan 2020

Don't bet what you can't afford to lose. Of course, he never met a pony he didn't like.

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