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How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?
It is despicable how tepid the police response to armed rioters storming the Capitol has been compared to the response to BLM protests over the summer.
But like him or not, Steve Bannon suggested this would happen. It has something to do with the Democrats and the way they went after Trump. He basically said they are setting the precedent for what happens when they're back in power. He said both sides need to remember respect is a two way street.
I would recommend the following Real Time with Bill Maher Interview.
"This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence"
That's a new one. Twitter openly admits the content is dangerous, but they still don't want to ban him so they carved out a special quarantine mode instead.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/13469288825958850...
Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Where is the national guard? There was more police response for a fscking photo op!
DC's National Guard just activated. It took a few dozen minutes, but its a full 100% response with 1100 troops allegedly being deployed. I think the optimists were hoping that these protesters would calm down if given the space. But at this point, its clear that they aren't calming down and need to be met with more force. Hopefully things remain somewhat peaceful. I don't think anyone's actually been hurt yet: just l…
The Guard was requested yesterday, in advance of the protests, to prevent this kind of thing.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d-c-mayor-calls-nationa...
Took more than a few dozen minutes.
Are there people here on HN that believe the election was stolen? I haven't seen any evidence, most of the lawsuits haven't borne fruit either. However, I also recognize that there may be blindspots/biases. I'd really like to hear from anyone who believes this, to present a cogent argument. I promise not to attack. I want to hear the argument from the other side. I also beseech the rest of HN to please refrain from a…
I do not believe the election was stolen. But I also don't believe we had perfect election integrity either. In my mind any system involving hundreds of millions of people is bound to have some bad actors, mistakes, fraud, etc. It's important to acknowledge when and where it happens, and how to improve. But claiming any given election had near perfect integrity raises some alarm bells with me at least.
All of it has been on a scale that wouldn't affect the outcome of elections. For example in Georgia 2 ballots were submitted in the names of dead people. In Colorado they are investigating non-matching signatures on a few hundred ballots.
This kind of stuff is routine, and happens in every election. Of course it isn't perfect, but its a decent enough system that has worked well in 100s of countries across centuries
Here’s a “fun” thought: if you were running a foreign intelligence operation in the USA, surely you’d try to get one of your agents into the mob that got into the Capitol building and given free reign over all those computers, computers that were not locked properly before the legitimate users fled for their safety? I’m not just talking about Russia and China here, I mean all the intelligence agencies.
Given the whole Russian play is destabilizing the US, Trump is so far gone now that they probably couldn't dream of it when planning whatever exactly they did do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_o... Then again if you ask nicely enough he'll give it to you.
And some people say that white privilege doesn't exist...