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"If you do what we want we won't force you to" is as old as legislation. They aren't saying do X or we will pass legislation about Y. They are saying do X or w
by Guvante 6y ago
"If you do what we want we won't force you to" is as old as legislation.
They aren't saying do X or we will pass legislation about Y. They are saying do X or we will pass legislation forcing you to do X. The "widespread voter fraud" story is exactly the kind of extremist rhetoric that they are talking about writing legislation against spreading.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoExcept that X and Y can't be exactly the same thing when X is content-based censorship of political speech, because then a law requiring X would be unconstitutional. So they threaten a Y which is not quite the same but still nothing they want, in order to make them do X anyway.