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People on here seem to be missing the point — one of the (only 2) major political parties in the US has effectively declared that a core party doctrine is “any
by FreakyT 5y ago
People on here seem to be missing the point — one of the (only 2) major political parties in the US has effectively declared that a core party doctrine is “any election that we lose is, ipso facto, fraudulent”.
That sort of belief is what gets you to situations like what we see in Myanmar, with “declaration of fraud” being the only excuse for installing any leadership.
- pjc50 5y agoSee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_political_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_political_crisis : a very disputed election. Is the US becoming a Latin American country?
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoThat's the accusation which emboldens irrational hate, yes. Where's the proof?
- thatswrong0 5y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/... https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/970877930/why-republicans-are-moving-to-fix-elections-that-werent-broken https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/970877930/why-republicans-are... https://www.salon.com/2021/02/27/republicans-roll-out-tidal-wave-of-voter-suppression-253-restrictive-bills-in-43-states/ https://www.salon.com/2021/02/27/republicans-roll-out-tidal-... Irrational..? Are you really just going to ignore the elephants in the room here?
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoYes, and voter id laws are racist. Pull the other one.
- thatswrong0 5y agoGood point. You're right - the intention behind these laws is obviously to secure our elections (since we had such a fraudulent, unfair election last time) and not at all about trying to disenfranchise the opposing political party and undermine the democratic process. Separate but equal facilities are fair, right? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wisconsin-election-2020-government-and-politics-daa3ac227c936d7fc038996af6e27cbe https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wisconsin-election-2... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/02/texas-polling-sites-closures-voting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/02/texas-pollin... https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/georgia-voter-rolls-report/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/georgia-voter-rolls-... https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-01/supreme-court-upholds-arizonas-voting-restrictions-turns-away-democrats-challenge https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-01/supreme-co...