One of the revelations coming out of last week's Netroots annual moonbat jamboree was their confusion and dismay at the fact that we Conservatives repeatedly kick their collectivist asses all over Twitter. In their view the person most responsible for this phenomenon is none other than Michelle Malkin who, among so many great things, is the creator of Twitchy.
At Netroots Nation – a progressive conference for bloggers and activists that is coincidentally being held in the heart of Silicon Valley this year in San Jose, Calif. – the general consensus of panelists and convention goers alike is that the Right is killing it on twitter. Liberals at the conference have zeroed in on one conservative activist as example of how to effectively get your message out on twitter: Twitchy creator Michelle Malkin.
Malkin's name has repeatedly come up at the conference and in one instance prominently where her ability to "amplify" and bring attention to issues that would otherwise go ignored was dubbed the "The Michelle Malkin effect."
At a panel Thursday on "Fighting Together to Block the Right-Wing Agenda" attendees were advised to court influential tweeters on their side similar to Malkin if they wanted to bring the maximum amount of attention to their issue organizations’ issues.
The panel lamented how hard it is to push back on conservative messaging on issues like abortion when conservative Twitter power users like Malkin are constantly tweeting and their side is not.
"The truth is, it's pretty hard when Michelle Malkin's tweeting literally on the minute on this stuff," said Heather Holdridge, director of digital strategy at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, noting that Malkin's numerous followers make her "an incredibly effective amplifier."
"We have to figure out ways to rally our supporters to push back, understanding that there's a Michelle Malkin effect that I'm not certain I've figured out either," Amy Runyon Harms, executive director of ProgressNow Colorado, added later.
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