American freepers, teabaggers, & racists now posting on European news sites regarding Obama.

[Elwood P Dowd]

I was reading some of the articles from over there about Obama's visit. In many cases, the comments section following the article has more than a few really nasty comments from Americans. I know that there are thousands of these clowns posting on US news sites, even sports sites, but I didn't realize they had gone global. Here is one example. Check out the comments below the article.

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Maureen-Dowd-Obama-happier-in-Ireland--than-anywhere-else-122576719.html

[pacalo]

1. Showing those Europeans how low the IQ's are in America! How IMPRESSIVE!

[Denzil_DC]

2. It's been happening for years

The Telegraph, Mail, even the Guardian's Comment Is Free sites have had RW trolls swarming them since as long as I can remember. Not clear whether it's an organized campaign or just a bunch of people with too much time on their hands.

[Zoeisright]

3. And a lot of those people are paid to do that.

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/03/craiglist-ad-seeks-writers-to-post-right-wing-comments-to-social-media-news-outlets/

[hifiguy]

4. They must be paid trolls with directions to the site.

The average Freeper or LGFer couldn't find those sites in ten years without a URL and they'd probably whine about them spelling "colour" the wrong way. Though they seem to have spelling problems of their own...