Disinformation Agents Tactics in Online Forums: ideas, input, experiences and how to defeat them. Please share to help us all find the truth.

How do the disinformation agents do it? And what can we do to combat this?

Ad hominem attacks, straw man arguments, tag team attacks combinations of all tactics, and swift responses...

My reasons and thoughts about why I posted this rather extensive thread are as follows:

I have personally witnessed and have been subjected to well organized team attacks by what can only be called misinformation/disinformation agents on some social networking sites. I am sure many would concur that it also happens here on GLP as well.

My goal is to learn more about how these individuals and teams operate, and gather information from our collective experiences, so that honest truth seekers can spot this when it occurs, and better defend ourselves when attacked by such disinfo. agents.

Here specifically is what I have witnessed in a social networking site, and it mimics what is happening on many such forums: Please keep in mind that this is referring to a main stream networking site, with people not nearly as aware about 9/11 truth and the conspiracies we all know of here.

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Modus Operandi

As soon as any 911 post that goes against the official story is posted the following occurs: (or bilderberg, or NWO, or FED...)

1. The same suspected disinfo. agents are always extremely quick to react, and sometimes within less than a minute or two, they come back with large amounts of information, ranging from virtually any topic with linked sources. As many here know, even if you are well informed, it takes time to post a logical arguments and source them well. They are able to post extremely quickly and consistently.

This would indicate advanced preparation on their behalf. It almost seems as if they are using some sort of database with questions and answers that cover many diverse topics. And, this database, if there is in fact one, even seems to give options to the agent for different kinds of possible attack arguments, depending on the original posters personality, intelligence, and the situation. Sometimes a ad hominem attack, sometimes, a straw man attack, some times a mixture of both, with opinion and/or disgust thrown in...

2. The disinfo. agents often seem to be experts in the field they are debating, and seem to always be around to counter almost any and all "non-mainstream approved" posts. Whenever a post, or a counter argument is made, they are right there with a new attack. It seems as if they are specifically watching the threads and waiting. This would again reinforce the database theory, since they are so quick and knowledgeable about such a wide variety of areas. They also seem to be very good at many different kinds of argument tactics and logic. Some of these people would give many good lawyers a run for their money. Or, at least keep a well trained debater busy fending off the attacks.

3. The disinfo. agents seem to work together, in small groups. I have noticed three people in particular from a social network. Two in the US and one in Europe. One of them always seems to be on-line (time zones facilitate this) to attack any such posts. If they do happen to all be on-line at the same time, they will tag team, ganging up on the posters--hitting hard and hitting quickly to dissuade others from participating in the debate so they are not made fun of as well. If they are not all online, due to maybe the one in the states still sleeping due to time zones, as soon as the return, they are quick to back up their team.

4. They also seem to be playing a version of good cop/bad cop like game.

The Good cop: Uses misdirection, Strawman attacks mixing fact with opinion, and a bit of low key ad hominem attacks.

The Bad cop: uses Strong Ad hominem attacks and attempts to discredit posters through harrassment and misdirection and libel.

5. The third member of the group will sometimes be very knowledgeable about a topic when it serves their purposes, and at other times, the same person will be extremely dumb. (this also part of the act it seems). In this case it is a woman, who can get away with some things a man may not be able to.

6. It also seems that they each have a number of sock puppets at the ready, which they use to sway public support in their favor after or before their attacks. These usually offer disgust at how the poster can post such "trash" and "lies" etc.


5. If the disinfo. agents cannot successfully win by ad hominem attacks, or if you can see through there straw man attacks and call them on this successfully, they often resort to massive amounts of posts ignoring factual and sourced posts through a few different methods. The always focus on the weakest link in an argument, ignoring the strong factual evidence. In the end, when they can't win argumentatively or through insults and sock puppet "public disgust" against the poster, they do serve to wear you down until you give up. Like I mentioned, they seem to have an unlimited about of time to relentlessly attack until you give up. As is they don't have a normal job. (Of course, their real job is most likely as a disinformation agent, which is why they have their full time to use).

I have read some articles about this, and (some have already been posted here on GLP) and have found some similar points and trends. I have not yet seen anyone mention a possible database being used for this though.
One interesting post by H. Michael Sweeney and worth a read, located here:
Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth:
The Rules of Disinformation & The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist


[link to www.whale.to]

Additionally, I found a book which may also be of interest called: How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic, by Madsen Pirie(easily located in a torrent if you look)
[link to www.amazon.com]


If you can constructively contribute to this post, I along with many fellow truthers would be most grateful.

I would be particularly interested in:
--additional disinfo tactics you may have noticed being used.
--Ways we can combat this. How we can beat them at this game.
--Ideas on if there could be such a database, and if anyone has any info. on one...

Thanks! And may truth prevail!