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> It is important to realize that even as we disagreed, we still used to agree on basic facts and then fought over what best to do next. What are these basic f
by amadeuspagel 4y ago
> It is important to realize that even as we disagreed, we still used to agree on basic facts and then fought over what best to do next.
What are these basic facts that people used to agree on, but now don't agree on anymore?
- lifeisgood99 4y agoElection results come to mind.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoWikipedia has a list of controversial elections in the US[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversial_elections#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversial_election...
- throwayyy479087 4y agoI know a lot of people who believe Gore won and that Bush stole the election. This is nothing new.
- colinmhayes 4y agoTons of people in Florida with the same name as felons were purged right before the election. Those people were overwhelmingly black and likely to vote for gore. I think hardly anyone says that’s a stolen election, but it’s definitely a bit suspect. As far as I can tell there isn’t really any reason to claim 2020 was stolen, it’s 100% bs. No one was disenfranchised, although the house republicans tried to disenfranchise the entire state of Arizona on January 6th.
- throwayyy479087 4y agoMy entire family thinks 2000 was stolen and you at least slightly agree. These claims are not new to American democracy.
- colinmhayes 4y agoBut who is disagreeing on facts? Stolen is an opinion about whether the purge qualifies or not. The 2020 deniers have no fact based claim at all.
- unit_circle 4y agoVaccine science
- amadeuspagel 4y agoAnti-vaxxers have existed for as long as vaccines[1]. [1]: https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/misconceptions-about-vaccines/history-anti-vaccination-movements https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/misconceptions-ab...
- throwawaygulf 4y ago