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by jariel 6y ago
There was questioning and ambiguity over Clinton's loss, particularly because of the fact that polling showed Trump was going to lose. Donald Trump himself was surprised that he won. But it's not remotely on the same scale as we s
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by jariel 6y ago
"For all intents and purposes, freedom of speech has flatlined in America." No - 'Freedom of Speech' is at an all time high. The internet gives every single person a giant soap box to stand on. You can communicate, in pu
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by jariel 6y ago
No, this isn't true. You can check the polling. This is not a 'sided comparison'. Donald Trump is purposely claiming a mass election fraud, full well knowing it's a complete lie. For gosh sake, he was on the phone with G
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This isn't going to work. 1) There is an incredible amount of legitimacy and transparency in the system already. Your linux analogy simply doesn't apply. There are tons of 'eyes on the system', there are literally electi
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by jariel 6y ago
This is a neat analogy, but ultimately not quite true. I believe that Trump followers believe him, for the most part. The insurrection on Capital Hill was made by people who very deeply felt that the 'Election Was Stolen' and ther
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Of course 'it should be serious' ... but the reality is that politics is 90% theatre, and the current President's primary skill is this arena: 'The Apprentice' is work of masterful reality TV fiction, that is passed
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Given who's in charge, it really isn't. The President should have leaned into this harder. It could have been a really nice distraction for all the nutty people to get angry about that would have no effect on the country. It'
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"They totally ignoring shift to green energy and that Tesla is a participant in this market." No, they don't. Actually, this notion that Tesla is somehow going to beat every other car company is shallow.
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The world was 'balkanized' before the internet. The internet naturally didn't end up having many borders. These borders however are not just political, they reflect a lot of things. It's very natural that the internet sh
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by jariel 6y ago
There are quite a number of people on Parler promoting and quasi-coordinating literal assassinations. This is a pretty good lesson on the parameters of 'free speech'. If there is no moderation on a platform, people will use it to
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by jariel 6y ago
"And product marketing and placement has absolutely no affect on how one think something taste is good or bad" Yes it odes. "My 7 years old nephew hasn't watched a single Coca Cola coke in his life time" 1) It'
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I'm sorry but it's not 'bad faith arguments' to take the word of the mayor of DC at face value. Nobody seems to have provided here any evidence against the fact that she has very publicly stated that she was prepared, tw
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So I don't mean to say it's reasonable in normal circumstances, just given a little bit of hysteria after having lost an iPhone. I guess I should have said 'undersandable' when someone is angry. And yes - she is totally
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by jariel 6y ago
This is hyperbolic. Nobody is going to jail for grabbing someone's arm. Even hitting someone - it's not nice, but not a big deal. What is wrong with the rhetoric here? This is a 'non incident' - someone was upset over a
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by jariel 6y ago
Coup: "a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government." Need not involve the military. A group of people seizing control of a government, outside the bounds of regular authority is a 'coup'. What happe
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by jariel 6y ago
People need to think intelligently and everything requires context. There are 1000 random people at an event, there's no doubt that there were a few ANTIFA interlopers there, but that doesn't really mean anything. A single cop &#x
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by jariel 6y ago
You're misunderstanding my point. Assault is a crime, yes, what she did was wrong - yes, of course - I agree with that. But what she is being destroyed for is 'racism' - not 'assault and false accusation'. She was b
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by jariel 6y ago
This is upside down. We don't investigate innocent people for murder to placate an angry mob. What we do is implement a communications strategy to get the mob to realize the random person is not guilty of murder. The President is using
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"the only winning move is not to play."
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by jariel 6y ago
This is completely false. The machines are not hacked, and the voter rolls are legitimate. There is zero evidence of systematic fraud, therefore, there is no 'disenfranchisement'. To suggest that 'maybe one day, someone could
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by jariel 6y ago
It's easy: this is a Trump phenom, and not an ideological or cultural phenom, mostly. Trump has no ideology, he used Twitter, FB and mass media to lie to the masses, and a certain group believed him. Once he has less power, he'll
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by jariel 6y ago
"Nobody is going to call you a racist because you claim that 1=2." ? A woman is under arrest for trying to grab what she thought was her phone back from a black kid. It's a national story. In 2020, getting into an argument wi
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by jariel 6y ago
We're talking about 'preparations' however. It's a valid point you bring up overall, but it doesn't absolve her from the fact she signed off on the current situation. I've had a number of downvotes apparently b
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by jariel 6y ago
CNN is a biased, but highly credible source, there is a difference. We're not talking about 'Conservatives' or 'Republicans' because Trump is none of that, this has nothing to do with ideology. Trump is neither a Co
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by jariel 6y ago
"I find it somewhat implausible that half the population is dumb, racist and all those other labels. " No - they aren't. The answer is very easy: They believe Donald Trump . Trump has credibility in their minds, and when he
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Indeed confusing. But this: " “we must get statehood on the president’s desk within the first 100 days of there 117th Congress,” ... is obviously a hugely politicaly partisan point (it throws the supposed balance of power off in favour
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It's true that there was ultimately much more violence during the summer protests but a) they were quite widespread and ongoing, and poignantly b) they were not attacking the Capitol Building whilst votes were being counted, possibly t
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by jariel 6y ago
Her statement is right here [1] from Jan 5. on her own twitter account which, which is in the quote I posted. Paraphrasing: "We are prepared for this weeks activities and we are not asking for further assistance" In the links you
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The streets where the rally took place, and the streets in front of WH, Capitol building are her turf. There were huge protests there this summer, so she knows the story. It just seems odd and that there's not more discussion specifica
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Odd, because the Mayor of DC (Black Female) very clearly refused help from the feds. "Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser told federal law enforcement to stand down just one day before a mob of Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capit

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