So, I'm thinking to myself before a simply mah-velous breakfast: Nobody can be as dimwitted as Skippy. Not even Skippy.
So, what if he (defaulting here) isn't actually a dimwit? Well, that would mean he would have to be something else. Hmmmm...but what else? It is hard to imagine him as anything else.
What do we know about Skippy? Presumably, he resides in Udon Thani. He is an angry old American white male. Obviously (to anyone who is educated), he is undereducated. Unlikely that he has a local job and probably an otherwise run-of-the-mill destitute farang. He absolutely hovers over the political threads like it's his full-time job.
Hold on. Didn't I encounter something about that somewhere awhile ago? Oh, now I remember (kudos to Google):
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-i ... ump-2016-7
One may presume these hired Russian trolls have a farm of various obscure opinion and fake or spun news sites to which they can link to "support" their propaganda objectives. That would allow them to share or even create their own articles. Perhaps they are compensated for hits to those sites? That would explain the frequent links.
The whole world (for the undereducated, that includes Russian propaganda specialists) knows Americans are generally politically lazy and stupid. The Bush years proved that. Most of all, they are arrogant. They are conditioned to believe they CANNOT be propagandized - after all, they are American! (ha!) That very arrogance makes them ripe and receptive targets. Especially the old angry white males who comprise the majority of the Trump zealots. They rarely subscribe to or check established credible (award-winning) sources, preferring instead to take the easy candy any propagandist offers up to them because it validates their established point of view, prejudices, and biases. Put another way: Remaining stupid and ignorant is both easy and comfortable.
Could it be the moderators aren't aware he could be a hired Russian troll? Would they care? They probably would have to investigate Skippy's posting habits, aliases, etc. Nah, too much effort. Udonmap does not advertise itself to be a Quora, so why care so long as the site gets hits. Nope. Does not matter.
So, what do I care anyway? I don't, ultimately. Skippy the Russian is my entertainment monkey. TIT and life in Thailand is good!
Bananna, Skippy the Russian troll?
