Person who mischievously promotes division in another organisation (generally political) by creating the impression of grassroots support for a contender for a leadership position. See astroturf.
After the Blue Party flopped in the elections, Diane Ale blogged that support for Squirrel Nutkin for leader was growing. She's such an an agent astroturfeur.
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Florian Müller is the über-astrotürder.
Florian Müller is the über-astrotürder.
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A form of spamming public opinion from political organisations via the media.
Specifically where a media operation of a Campaign or political party distributes a press release to voulunteers who forward it en masse by letter and e-mail to media organisations in an attempt to distort the media organisations perception of public opinion, and distort the media organisations output.
Specifically where a media operation of a Campaign or political party distributes a press release to voulunteers who forward it en masse by letter and e-mail to media organisations in an attempt to distort the media organisations perception of public opinion, and distort the media organisations output.
The effort to (get) Astroturf printed appears to have worked in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
In Arizona, xxxxxx got the astroturf accepted as a grassroots effort.
In Arizona, xxxxxx got the astroturf accepted as a grassroots effort.
by blobby December 29, 2003
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Get the Astroturf mug.The use – by men – of fake social media accounts that pose as feminist women, to object to the rights of trans women to be recognized as women. See also: Astroturfing, TERF.
Most of the people defending this anti-trans bigot are puppet accounts with stock photos of women for avatars. Literal fake women supporting transphobia: typical astroTERFing!
by JAQrabbit January 23, 2019
Get the astroTERFing mug.A portmanteau of astroturf and TIRF (trans inclusionary radical feminism). Astroturf refers to usually when organizations will mass produce support for some issue and masquerade it as mass public opinion even though its only being pushed by a small minority. Astrotirf refers to how some feminists pretend that alot of women support the concept of transgenderism in society (sports, bathrooms) when in reality, only a minority of women actually support such radical changes, as evident from surveys and polling.
Friend 1: I can't believe my high school is allowing biological males in girls bathrooms and girls sports, they're pretending that the girls are ok with it, but we secretly are very uncomfortable with this.
Friend 2: the staff are literally using the astrotirf method. This is some Loudoun county type shit.
Friend 2: the staff are literally using the astrotirf method. This is some Loudoun county type shit.
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