Facebook Shuts Down ‘Stop the Steal’ Group • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Shuts Down ‘Stop the Steal’ Group

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 07, 2020, 11:23 PM UTC

barumi wrote: post #59

uniqueid wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those would normally be serious issues, but it's either historically ignorant or irrational to deal with them by supporting a leader like Trump.

This is precisely the part that you fail to understand: some people prioritize not dragging the US into another war over having to endure the media overblowing tweets from a moron. Those who are able and willing to endure the propaganda barrage to get their low-taxes, not-war, pro-individual freedom policies upheld and enacted look at the bipartisan system and see that they have two choices: a candidate which is behi…

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Re: Facebook Shuts Down ‘Stop the Steal’ Group

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Post by uniqueid » Sat, Nov 07, 2020, 11:41 PM UTC

barumi wrote: post #59

uniqueid wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those would normally be serious issues, but it's either historically ignorant or irrational to deal with them by supporting a leader like Trump.

This is precisely the part that you fail to understand: some people prioritize not dragging the US into another war over having to endure the media overblowing tweets from a moron. Those who are able and willing to endure the propaganda barrage to get their low-taxes, not-war, pro-individual freedom policies upheld and enacted look at the bipartisan system and see that they have two choices: a candidate which is behi…

  the media overblowing tweets from a moron.

Trump is a man whose recent tweets likely constitute an act of sedition against the president-elect.

For four years, the media overblew some aspects of his presidency, but downplayed others. In history, it has sometimes been unwise to dismiss leaders who behave outrageously: http://depts.washington.edu/depress/nazi_seattle_times.shtml

There's still a chance all this could wrap up with a civil war. It is serious.

Re: Facebook Shuts Down ‘Stop the Steal’ Group

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Post by ViViDboarder » Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

barumi wrote: post #39

ViViDboarder wrote: post #34

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I’m not sure who you’ve been talking to, but I haven’t seen any “democratic operatives” claiming that the Republicans committed fraud or delegitimizing the results. Many claimed, and still do, that the Electoral College system is unfair (it was established to give Southern slave state’s additional representation vis-à-vis the 3/5ths compromise) and unneeded.

> I'm not sure who you’ve been talking to, but I haven’t seen any “democratic operatives” claiming that the Republicans committed fraud or delegitimizing the results. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

Why are you sharing that article? That’s the 2000 election and it was Republicans protesting a recount.