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That's quite contemptuous of half the U.S. voting population. The 75 million people who voted for Trump in 2016 might beg to differ about who/what put Trump in

by ctrlp 5y ago

That's quite contemptuous of half the U.S. voting population. The 75 million people who voted for Trump in 2016 might beg to differ about who/what put Trump in office. Are you equally sure no misinformation was spread to elect Biden in 2020?

midev 5y ago
> That's quite contemptuous of half the U.S. voting population. Both here and worldwide, anyone that didn't vote for Trump likely has a contemptuous view of Trump and his supporters. He's arguably the stupidest person to ever hold office. He accomplished nothing but insult and denigrate people and institutions. His insecurities were pathetic, even modifying a NOAA map so he wouldn't be wrong. He's a well known con man, and the opposite of "family values". Of course people hold his supporters in contempt. > Are you equally sure no misinformation was spread to elect Biden in 2020? Of course it was.
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MaysonL 5y ago
That's actually 2020, when he lost. In 2016 he got less than 63 million votes.
bitwize 5y ago
Half the U.S. voting population also believes the Earth was created in six days, 6000 years ago. Appeal to a large segment of the population doesn't work when you're as fucked as the USA is. Trump would've gotten nowhere without the troll campaign and troll culture spawned by GamerGate. When you boil it down to its essence, the darkest period in recent American history happened because some internet people were assmad that a woman wrote a fucking video game. As for Biden, the rest of us could just look to the horrors Trump wrought and vote for the other guy in 2020. No misinformation necessary.
- krageon 5y ago
  > American history Arguably all American (assuming you mean to refer to the US here) history is recent. In that sense, I would say their history of slavery (and more recently blatant and publicly endorsed racism) is probably a little darker than their trend of putting increasingly confused old men in power.
- ctrlp 5y ago
  Without minimizing the cultural importance of Gamergate, you are vastly overstating its influence on the 2016 election. If you want to understand Trump in 2016, you'd be better off looking at the Tea Party and the rise of populism contra the ossified Republican establishment.

by ctrlp 5y ago

midev 5y ago

> That's quite contemptuous of half the U.S. voting population. Both here and worldwide, anyone that didn't vote for Trump likely has a contemptuous view of Trump and his supporters. He's arguably the stupidest person to ever hold office. He accomplished nothing but insult and denigrate people and institutions. His insecurities were pathetic, even modifying a NOAA map so he wouldn't be wrong. He's a well known con man, and the opposite of "family values". Of course people hold his supporters in contempt. > Are you equally sure no misinformation was spread to elect Biden in 2020? Of course it was.

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MaysonL 5y ago

That's actually 2020, when he lost. In 2016 he got less than 63 million votes.

bitwize 5y ago

Half the U.S. voting population also believes the Earth was created in six days, 6000 years ago. Appeal to a large segment of the population doesn't work when you're as fucked as the USA is. Trump would've gotten nowhere without the troll campaign and troll culture spawned by GamerGate. When you boil it down to its essence, the darkest period in recent American history happened because some internet people were assmad that a woman wrote a fucking video game. As for Biden, the rest of us could just look to the horrors Trump wrought and vote for the other guy in 2020. No misinformation necessary.

krageon 5y ago
> American history Arguably all American (assuming you mean to refer to the US here) history is recent. In that sense, I would say their history of slavery (and more recently blatant and publicly endorsed racism) is probably a little darker than their trend of putting increasingly confused old men in power.
ctrlp 5y ago
Without minimizing the cultural importance of Gamergate, you are vastly overstating its influence on the 2016 election. If you want to understand Trump in 2016, you'd be better off looking at the Tea Party and the rise of populism contra the ossified Republican establishment.