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Comment by fyrstenberg

9 years ago

There is some monkey-business here. Anyone knows why a PR company hired "protesters" to the event in the first place?

(and why HN tries to hide this link when posted as submission?)

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/tfr/d/actors-and-photograph...

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ceejayoz  9 years ago

You know literally anyone can post a Craigslist ad, right?

I mean, https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/6256316306.html https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/chi/6216723045.html https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sea/6088811200.html https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/cle/6147468220.html all exist... and you think no right-winger ever went "let's spend a few minutes making a WordPress.com blog and a Craigslist post and cite that as evidence of paid protesters"?

(Also, Charlottesville VA isn't Charlotte NC...)

mikeash  9 years ago

Did something happen in Charlotte I didn't hear about?

  • fyrstenberg  9 years ago

    I'm not sure - the ad is supposedly from last week. I just thought I ask if anyone new something about this. The PR company seem legit (in the sense it actually exist).

    It raises a few questions if related to what happened though.

    • ceejayoz  9 years ago

      > It raises a few questions if related to what happened though.

      Only if you think Charlottesville, Virginia is the same thing as Charlotte, North Carolina...