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U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box

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Re: U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box

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Post by Dig1t »

tstrimple wrote: post #99
Dig1t wrote: post #90

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NBC News: >Supreme Court allows Biden administration to remove border razor wire > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3uo7MOZvU Local Dallas News: >Biden Used Forklifts To Remove Razor Wire, Open The Border & Allow Millions To Enter > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDqbVgX5TZA CBS Miami: >Arizona To Remove Makeshift Border Wall After Lawsuit From Biden Administration > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7nEW1Pqvd8 I ca…

Your source is a bunch of youtube videos? Including Doctor Phil? What a joke that proves my point.

They are videos of news organizations: NBC News, Dallas News, CBS Miami.

Do you believe those are “right wing media”?

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Post by ImJamal »

mrguyorama wrote: post #100
ImJamal wrote: post #98

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Large chunks of the founders were opposed to slavery. John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Gouverneur Morris, Sam Adams and more.

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Re: U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box

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Post by krapp »

thefz wrote: post #64
avaer wrote: post #3

It's interesting to have a conversation with people over politics these days, sometimes it's like people don't live in the same reality anymore. It's probably not far from the truth. To a first approximation, nothing is verified, people see a number on social media as a proxy for accuracy. Even if it's completely wrong, it doesn't matter because you're among friends. Memes let insane ideas spread like a virus, the on…

Yet all you hear in this forum are voices against regulation for the platforms.

Yes. Don't regulate the platforms, the platforms aren't the problem. Go after the actual sources spreading misinformation - many of which will likely be connected to the very same government you want to act as cop and censor - and support better critical thinking in education. Rather than making it illegal for platforms to moderate content, refuse to use platforms that don't.

Re: U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box

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Post by [deleted] »

customguy wrote: post #87
stinkbeetle wrote: post #73

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You appear to be unhinged. After you calm down, I would be happy to overlook this thing you have written here and pretend it never happened if you would like to attempt a more rational conversation about my previous comment.

Reading emotions into text because you totally can parse and refute what I wrote. It's fine.

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Re: U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box

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Post by reddozen »

himata4113 wrote: post #94
reddozen wrote: post #84

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Maybe, in general . But in the realm of American democracy, the literal discussion at hand, their actions mean their voice matters absolutely none.

I can influence politics without ever voting myself so this statement is just wrong. In fact, politicians usually don't vote and if they do they make it into a spectacle. Moreover, it should be acceptable to be fustrated with the political system and bring broader change, something I don't have the energy to do myself since I generally don't believe I'll stay where I am in the forseeable future as I "vote" by simply…

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Post by reddozen »

himata4113 wrote: post #93
reddozen wrote: post #85

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> I don't vote because I am uneducated enough in local politics to do so I would only be corrupting the vote and dilluting votes that are that of people who did their research. I'm going to tell you a secret it doesn't tell you on the ballot: You don't have to fill in all the bubbles like you're being graded in middle school. You can chose to only vote for things you are opinionated on. Just kidding, every ballot alr…

"Democracy sounds nice, but it assumes people want to participate in it: actively validate facts, find truthful information not just vote whoever promises more of what you like."

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Re: U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box

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Post by reddozen »

xboxnolifes wrote: post #59
himata4113 wrote: post #44

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I don't vote because I am uneducated enough in local politics to do so I would only be corrupting the vote and dilluting votes that are that of people who did their research. This is an opinionated take, but voting just to vote is pointless and does more harm than good. I guess I should have positioned that at the end instead of making that the opening statement.

This used to also be my stance, but I eventually changed it on the reasoning that the "people who did their research" that I was diluting, did not in fact exist in any meaningful number. If you believe yourself to be a somewhat intelligent person, doing even a small amount of intentional research into what you are voting on puts you way ahead of the average voter on how informed you are.

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