{"id":11734,"date":"2018-02-22T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=11734"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T20:54:06","slug":"more-tar-and-feathers-from-hill-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/more-tar-and-feathers-from-hill-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"More Tar-and-Feathers from Hill Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/thehill-logo-big.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10793 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/thehill-logo-big.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/thehill-logo-big.png 215w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/thehill-logo-big-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a>More than a thousand comments came in on my <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/374611-dopey-russian-ads-didnt-swing-voters-federal-coverups-did\">Hill oped on how the U.S. government conned more voters in 2016 than the Russians did<\/a>. Once again,\u00a0my efforts were not fully suasive with all readers.\u00a0 Maybe next time?\u00a0\u00a0 Among the accolades: \u00a0freakin&#8217; jerk, hapless klutz, rightwingnut-Republican-posing-as-libertarian,\u00a0 &#8220;this Brovard dude is so not right,&#8221;\u00a0troll,\u00a0 libertarian hack,\u00a0 bullshit, one of Putin&#8217;s fav buttbuddies,\u00a0cockamamie, stupidest opinion piece yet, lunacy, blowhard,\u00a0\u00a0garbage, Russian propaganda, right-wing shill&#8230;..\u00a0\u00a0 And the most piercing comment: &#8220;This guy is not even good at deflection.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 But at least some folks are recognizing my stuff,\u00a0as shown by the &#8220;ew. Not this moron again&#8221; review.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11767\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-brovard-dude-is-so-not-right.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-brovard-dude-is-so-not-right.jpg 341w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-brovard-dude-is-so-not-right-150x20.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-so-many-rightwingnut-notions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11776\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-so-many-rightwingnut-notions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-so-many-rightwingnut-notions.jpg 447w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-so-many-rightwingnut-notions-150x20.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-this-moron-again.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11769\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-this-moron-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-this-moron-again.jpg 185w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-this-moron-again-150x36.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-desperate-far-right-propandist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11768\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-desperate-far-right-propandist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-desperate-far-right-propandist.jpg 373w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-desperate-far-right-propandist-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-hill-should-not-publish-this-kind-of-lunacy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11741\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-hill-should-not-publish-this-kind-of-lunacy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-hill-should-not-publish-this-kind-of-lunacy.jpg 347w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-hill-should-not-publish-this-kind-of-lunacy-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-libertarian-hack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11765\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-libertarian-hack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-libertarian-hack.jpg 469w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-libertarian-hack-150x20.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-fav-putin-buttbuddy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11764\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-fav-putin-buttbuddy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-fav-putin-buttbuddy.jpg 526w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-fav-putin-buttbuddy-150x26.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-rw-shills-spew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11761\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-rw-shills-spew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-rw-shills-spew.jpg 408w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-rw-shills-spew-150x18.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-right-wing-nut-posing-as-libertarian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11750\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-right-wing-nut-posing-as-libertarian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-right-wing-nut-posing-as-libertarian.jpg 514w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-right-wing-nut-posing-as-libertarian-150x22.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-theories-more-retarded-by-the-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11775\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-theories-more-retarded-by-the-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-theories-more-retarded-by-the-day.jpg 437w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-theories-more-retarded-by-the-day-150x31.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-hapless-klutz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11774\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-hapless-klutz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-hapless-klutz.jpg 508w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-hapless-klutz-150x32.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-just-another-far-right-hit-piece.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11736\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-just-another-far-right-hit-piece.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-just-another-far-right-hit-piece.jpg 408w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-just-another-far-right-hit-piece-150x16.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-stupidest-opinion-piece-yet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11756\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-stupidest-opinion-piece-yet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-stupidest-opinion-piece-yet.jpg 495w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-stupidest-opinion-piece-yet-150x29.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-kremlin-propagandist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11772\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-kremlin-propagandist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-kremlin-propagandist.jpg 533w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-kremlin-propagandist-150x27.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-bloviator-blowhard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11763\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-bloviator-blowhard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-bloviator-blowhard.jpg 477w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bovard-bloviator-blowhard-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-even-good-at-deflectio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11755\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-even-good-at-deflectio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-even-good-at-deflectio.jpg 244w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-not-even-good-at-deflectio-150x26.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-dont-bother-to-read.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11770\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-dont-bother-to-read.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-dont-bother-to-read.jpg 512w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-dont-bother-to-read-150x20.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Hill-troll-blowhard-so-not-right-long-post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11766\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Hill-troll-blowhard-so-not-right-long-post.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Hill-troll-blowhard-so-not-right-long-post.jpg 474w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Hill-troll-blowhard-so-not-right-long-post-150x111.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11771\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit.jpg 429w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit-150x37.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-substantive-so-many-racists-turmp-won-anyhow-russian-collusion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11762\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-substantive-so-many-racists-turmp-won-anyhow-russian-collusion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-substantive-so-many-racists-turmp-won-anyhow-russian-collusion.jpg 516w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-substantive-so-many-racists-turmp-won-anyhow-russian-collusion-150x40.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-putin-sends-out-trump-defenders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11773\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-putin-sends-out-trump-defenders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-putin-sends-out-trump-defenders.jpg 480w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-putin-sends-out-trump-defenders-150x35.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-garbage-used-to-attack-progressives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11760\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-garbage-used-to-attack-progressives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-garbage-used-to-attack-progressives.jpg 472w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-garbage-used-to-attack-progressives-150x16.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-jesus-ad-was-great-for-stupid-trump-voters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11759\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-jesus-ad-was-great-for-stupid-trump-voters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-jesus-ad-was-great-for-stupid-trump-voters.jpg 532w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-jesus-ad-was-great-for-stupid-trump-voters-150x25.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-wtf-her-emails-have-to-do-with-trump-treason.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11745\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-wtf-her-emails-have-to-do-with-trump-treason.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-wtf-her-emails-have-to-do-with-trump-treason.jpg 374w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-wtf-her-emails-have-to-do-with-trump-treason-150x27.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-guilty-sedition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11758\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-guilty-sedition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-guilty-sedition.jpg 477w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-guilty-sedition-150x20.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-story-straight-off-the-troll-farm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11757\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-story-straight-off-the-troll-farm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-story-straight-off-the-troll-farm.jpg 528w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-story-straight-off-the-troll-farm-150x25.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-borderline-comedy-piece.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11754\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-borderline-comedy-piece.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-borderline-comedy-piece.jpg 455w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-borderline-comedy-piece-150x27.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-another-right-winger-making-excuses-for-russians.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11753\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-another-right-winger-making-excuses-for-russians.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"64\" 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https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-crime-of-conspiring-to-rig-an-election-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-full-support-of-russians.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11740\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-full-support-of-russians.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-full-support-of-russians.jpg 471w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-full-support-of-russians-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit-article.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11739\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit-article.jpg 482w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-bullshit-article-150x33.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-author-seems-to-be-getting-nervous.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11737\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-author-seems-to-be-getting-nervous.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hill-troll-author-seems-to-be-getting-nervous.jpg 478w, 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Once again,\u00a0my efforts were not fully suasive with all readers.\u00a0 Maybe next time?\u00a0\u00a0 Among the accolades: \u00a0freakin&#8217; jerk, hapless klutz, rightwingnut-Republican-posing-as-libertarian,\u00a0 &#8220;this Brovard dude is so not right,&#8221;\u00a0troll,\u00a0 libertarian hack,\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,1392,1390,1389,1387,1391,1386,1388],"class_list":["post-11734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fbi","tag-garbage","tag-hack","tag-hapless-klutz","tag-hill","tag-lunacy","tag-reader-feedback","tag-russian-trolls"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More Tar-and-Feathers from Hill Readers - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My Hill oped on US Govt. vs. Russian trolls spurred a thousand comments, including freakin&#039; jerk, hapless klutz, libertarian hack, bullshit, one of Putin&#039;s fav buttbuddies, cockamamie, stupidest opinion piece yet, lunacy, blowhard, garbage, right-wing shill, and &quot;This Brovard dude is so not right.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/more-tar-and-feathers-from-hill-readers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Tar-and-Feathers from Hill Readers - 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