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We don’t live in a civilized country. Civilized countries don’t have violent elections.

by notquitehuman 5y ago

postalrat 5y ago
Or rigged elections.
- krainboltgreene 5y ago
  Go back to patriots.win.
  - postalrat 5y ago
    I'm not in their clan or yours.
- notquitehuman 5y ago
  Did that happen in the US in 2020? I thought the overwhelming majority of those claims were dismissed. The real crime is calling bribes “campaign contributions” and pretending that our politicians (of all parties) aren’t selling their votes to the highest bidder.
- Asooka 5y ago
  It was probably not rigged. Both sides were really shady, with lots of evidence just disappearing. My opinion, as someone from a Soviet country with actual widespread voting fraud, is that the way your election went was a bit suspicious. It was weird in the same way we see when the side that's supposed to win stuffs ballots from dead people, people who didn't turn up, etc. The large sudden bump in votes for Biden also seems suspicious. The fact that Trump got a record number of votes during a pandemic in which his voters almost all voted in person and still lost, is a bit suspicious. The fact that you need to only rig a few counties with a few votes to secure the thin margin by which Biden won, is suspicious. Many things are weird and suspicious. It is possible actual well intentioned people rigged the election to "save America". Whether they did and if it was right, I cannot say, I am not an American, I cannot judge your country. All that said, based on actual available evidence, I cannot conclude that the election was rigged. It was probably the most scrutinized election in recent memory, leading to us seeing a bunch of suspicious events that probably happen pretty often. Similar to how the 2000 election, Bush vs Gore, was a bit suspicious.
  - edmundsauto 5y ago
    s/suspicious/atypical and so much of the bias is removed. Add in context (pandemic, polarization, etc.) and it makes sense that this wouldn't look the same as other elections. "suspicious" is used here for cognitive priming.

We don’t live in a civilized country. Civilized countries don’t have violent elections.

postalrat 5y ago

Or rigged elections.

krainboltgreene 5y ago
Go back to patriots.win.
- postalrat 5y ago
  I'm not in their clan or yours.
notquitehuman 5y ago
Did that happen in the US in 2020? I thought the overwhelming majority of those claims were dismissed. The real crime is calling bribes “campaign contributions” and pretending that our politicians (of all parties) aren’t selling their votes to the highest bidder.
Asooka 5y ago
It was probably not rigged. Both sides were really shady, with lots of evidence just disappearing. My opinion, as someone from a Soviet country with actual widespread voting fraud, is that the way your election went was a bit suspicious. It was weird in the same way we see when the side that's supposed to win stuffs ballots from dead people, people who didn't turn up, etc. The large sudden bump in votes for Biden also seems suspicious. The fact that Trump got a record number of votes during a pandemic in which his voters almost all voted in person and still lost, is a bit suspicious. The fact that you need to only rig a few counties with a few votes to secure the thin margin by which Biden won, is suspicious. Many things are weird and suspicious. It is possible actual well intentioned people rigged the election to "save America". Whether they did and if it was right, I cannot say, I am not an American, I cannot judge your country. All that said, based on actual available evidence, I cannot conclude that the election was rigged. It was probably the most scrutinized election in recent memory, leading to us seeing a bunch of suspicious events that probably happen pretty often. Similar to how the 2000 election, Bush vs Gore, was a bit suspicious.
- edmundsauto 5y ago
  s/suspicious/atypical and so much of the bias is removed. Add in context (pandemic, polarization, etc.) and it makes sense that this wouldn't look the same as other elections. "suspicious" is used here for cognitive priming.