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Interesting that this is on the front page but what's the hundreds of thousands of people currently protesting in DC is not.

snypher 6y ago
NYT reports 'hundreds' at a crowd and organizers were preparing for an expected crowd of 5,000 on Tuesday and more than 30,000 throughout the week. Not particularly newsworthy for HN.
- Fezzik 6y ago
  To add: Even Fox News reports it as hundreds: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-protesters-police-clash-on-eve-of-election-certification-vote-at-least-6-arrests https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-protesters-police-clash-on-eve... and at least 6 have been arrested for weapons possession and assaulting police officers... so not exactly peaceful pro-democracy folks, given that what they are protesting is a (mostly) functional democratic process.
  - Stoic0 6y ago
    Fox News is just more fake news. Rightly called faux
    - deleted 6y ago
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    - Shared404 6y ago
      For the record, faux is pronounced the same as foe. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=faux+pronounced&t=ffab&ia=definition https://duckduckgo.com/?q=faux+pronounced&t=ffab&ia=definiti... Also, while I agree, I'm pretty sure I agree in the other direction.
- RhodoYolo 6y ago
  This comment didn't age well.. Actually rather quickly.
Shared404 6y ago
Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen any. I am so done with people saying things repeatedly because they think it makes it true. Dang, I apologize for getting into flamewar territory.
- redis_mlc 6y ago
  Actually it's not. There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. As the leader of the free world, the US 2020 election results are important to the entire world. HK, not so much.
- DarthGhandi 6y ago
  Just a heads up: All of redis_mlc's comments are dead by default. You can easily confirm this yourself. Some here and there get vouched for by others but for the most part all will be dead. This happens to certain accounts by the moderation team. My account is the same.
- dudeithinkBLM 6y ago
  https://hereistheevidence.com/ https://hereistheevidence.com/
  - Solocomplex 6y ago
    What does your username mean?
  - Shared404 6y ago
    For those curious about this source, see also this[1] thread. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662151
- generalseven 6y ago
jonny_eh 6y ago
People protesting in DC is nothing new

snypher 6y ago

NYT reports 'hundreds' at a crowd and organizers were preparing for an expected crowd of 5,000 on Tuesday and more than 30,000 throughout the week. Not particularly newsworthy for HN.

Fezzik 6y ago
To add: Even Fox News reports it as hundreds: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-protesters-police-clash-on-eve-of-election-certification-vote-at-least-6-arrests https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-protesters-police-clash-on-eve... and at least 6 have been arrested for weapons possession and assaulting police officers... so not exactly peaceful pro-democracy folks, given that what they are protesting is a (mostly) functional democratic process.
- Stoic0 6y ago
  Fox News is just more fake news. Rightly called faux
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
  - Shared404 6y ago
    For the record, faux is pronounced the same as foe. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=faux+pronounced&t=ffab&ia=definition https://duckduckgo.com/?q=faux+pronounced&t=ffab&ia=definiti... Also, while I agree, I'm pretty sure I agree in the other direction.
RhodoYolo 6y ago
This comment didn't age well.. Actually rather quickly.

Shared404 6y ago

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen any. I am so done with people saying things repeatedly because they think it makes it true. Dang, I apologize for getting into flamewar territory.

redis_mlc 6y ago
Actually it's not. There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. As the leader of the free world, the US 2020 election results are important to the entire world. HK, not so much.
DarthGhandi 6y ago
Just a heads up: All of redis_mlc's comments are dead by default. You can easily confirm this yourself. Some here and there get vouched for by others but for the most part all will be dead. This happens to certain accounts by the moderation team. My account is the same.
dudeithinkBLM 6y ago
https://hereistheevidence.com/ https://hereistheevidence.com/
- Solocomplex 6y ago
  What does your username mean?
- Shared404 6y ago
  For those curious about this source, see also this[1] thread. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662151
generalseven 6y ago

jonny_eh 6y ago

People protesting in DC is nothing new