68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump • Hacker News Board

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by cobraetor » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:12 PM UTC

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #30

akhilcacharya wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, the silent majority of this country voted for Biden.

Biden is president because of like 62,000 votes across 4 different states.

And SCOTUS has planned to look at the cases in two days:

> The United States Supreme Court will be looking into election fraud lawsuits during its Feb. 19 conference. These lawsuits include two cases filed by the Trump campaign and one case, each filed by Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, and Republican Representative Mike Kelly.

https://visiontimes.com/2021/02/17/the-supreme-court-will-lo...

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by FFRefresh » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:12 PM UTC

lrvick wrote: post #25

FFRefresh wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does 'alt' mean when added as a prefix to left or right to you? What % of people on the right would you consider alt-right? What % of people on the left would you consider alt-left?

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I disagree, I think the usage and meaning of 'alt' is in fact complicated. I've asked many other people this same question and they've all given different answers.

The core underlying theme is that 'alt' gets used as a pejorative towards your outgroup. Your descriptions of the right here are quite uncharitable, which is a strong signal of your biased thinking.

You also conveniently didn't answer my question about % of the right you'd classify as 'alt-right' and the % of the left that you'd classify as 'alt-left'. I suspect the reason you chose not to is because of that same bias. It would make clear that you use 'alt' as a pejorative selectively towards your outgroup.

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by tryonenow » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

lrvick wrote: post #25

FFRefresh wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does 'alt' mean when added as a prefix to left or right to you? What % of people on the right would you consider alt-right? What % of people on the left would you consider alt-left?

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This is about as needlessly hyperbolic as claiming that everyone on the left wants to see the US turn to socialism complete with "reeducation" camps for anyone right of center.

You lack perspective.

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by sibeliuss » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

cobraetor wrote: post #21

spamizbad wrote: post #8

Not surprising considering Facebook's demographics in the United States.

Also given the fact that Trump's rallies were attended to in extremely larger numbers compared to that of Biden's, and the new White House videos being downvoted heavily in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteHouse/videos *edit: Responding to a comment below, > I very much doubt he even won the election We have to be extremely careful when alleging election fraud. I think that may be perceived to be divisive. It…

It's always hilarious and absurd to me how people use Trump's rally size -- in 2020, during a pandemic -- as some sort of proxy objective measurement for popularity. I mean, Trump held rallies to the shock and horror of local and national and international government health departments because he's an entertainer and he knew it would be good for business, and in many cases even shamed people for wearing masks so as to attract _more_ people to his rallies. ("Everything's perfectly fine here you beautiful people!") Biden followed protocol to a T, because it was necessary to protect public health.

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by sirbutters » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #30

akhilcacharya wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, the silent majority of this country voted for Biden.

Biden is president because of like 62,000 votes across 4 different states.

I agree, let's get rid of the electoral college, and we'll never have to deal with incompetent republicans in the WH again.

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

cm2187 wrote: post #28

This is bullshit. There is a much smaller number of conservative news websites or tv channels compared to democrats, though the population is roughly 50/50, so of course the few conservative outlets individually attracts more traffic hence appearing more often in top links, but not in aggregate.

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Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by zarkov99 » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:14 PM UTC

lrvick wrote: post #17

macspoofing wrote: post #6

Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino, and 'conservative media' are alt-right now? Great journalism here. This doofus author clearly shows what he's about.

Shapiros history of consistent homophobic, transphobic, islamophobic vitrol sure do seem consistent with everything I hear from people in the alt right movement and validates them. He also claims he is not alt right, not homophobic, and not racist. So there is that.

What utter nonsense. Shapiro is just a conservative pundit the only thing that sets him apart is that he is very smart and, relatively speaking, intellectually honest. His greatest crime is not kowtowing to the left orthodoxy that is so dominant in tech/academia/media. And that makes his voice particularly valuable.

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by p1necone » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:18 PM UTC

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #30

akhilcacharya wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, the silent majority of this country voted for Biden.

Biden is president because of like 62,000 votes across 4 different states.

Making that argument without acknowledging that Trump lost the popular vote is very disingenuous.

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by ladberg » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:18 PM UTC

cm2187 wrote: post #28

This is bullshit. There is a much smaller number of conservative news websites or tv channels compared to democrats, though the population is roughly 50/50, so of course the few conservative outlets individually attracts more traffic hence appearing more often in top links, but not in aggregate.

Do you have any sources for that claim?

Re: 68% of the top links on Facebook since September are in support of Donald Trump

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Post by xupybd » Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:19 PM UTC

p1necone wrote: post #10

macspoofing wrote: post #6

Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino, and 'conservative media' are alt-right now? Great journalism here. This doofus author clearly shows what he's about.

You're going to have to explain why you don't think Ben Shapiro is alt-right, he's basically a poster child for them.

Whatever Ben Shapiro is, alt-right or just right of center, he holds views typical of most conservatives. If that means all the U.S. conservatives meet your definition of alt-right, so be it.