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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's fair, and I'm sorry to have been an asshole about it.

No worries. We all have to cope with this some way or another and sometimes that mean beeing a bit of an asshole. I don't take it personal, I understand where you are coming from.

I question the fact that nearly 1 in 2 Latino voters voted to deport themselves

Latin are a conservative bunch by nature. Many of the progressiv view the left hold, regarding for example masculinity and feminism, stand in contrast to their culture. (This is a very broad statement that does not aplly to all Lations!) And many think that it's not going to be them that will be deported, it will he those Mexican drug smugglers. Which is a delusional view to hold, in my opinion. Same fore for queer folk voting red. But it is want it is and the data we have from polling and voting do add up in regards to Lations.

I find it difficult to believe that 15+ million other voters who showed up to vote for Joe Biden, didn't show up to vote for Harris.

Yes, that's hard to swallow, I agree. Maybe it's because the last vote happened with Corona in the backdrop? Maybe Trumps many Errors where much more fresh on the mind of so many. Maybe inflation kept people from trusting the Democrats. Maybe some just won't vote for a female. Or a black person. Or, god forbid, both. Lots of possible reasons. I do think we should try to understand them and filter them on in the future.

This is the most politicized election we've had in over a century, nobody didn't hear about this.

Yes, but that means you also listen to 2 party's accusing one another of beeing the devil / literaly Hitler for one year plus. I see how people who are not that interested in politics can get numb to this.

because by the time I woke up after election night everyone had already decided none of the Dems showed up and Trump had won, when according to gov websites the final vote tally and certification isn't even until mid December.

This realy sound exactly what republicans said in 2020.

I've never seen election results get called so early that I can remember.

That's because they were realy very obvious this time. It didn't come down to just a couple of votes in swingstates like in 2020.

According to this 2016, 2012 and 2008 where called on simular schedules or earlier. 2020 was an outline because of the amount of mail in votes.

I saw three different news stories about conservatives setting ballot boxes on fire. Our gerrymandering maps are so bad they can be confused for TV static from a distance. Millions of people had their voting registration purged by state level conservatives weeks or days before the election.

All of there are fair points, and they should be handled in two ways: Take evidence to the courts where illegal things happend. And try to change the system where fraud has been made legal.

Regarding both points i think it is a very real possibility that the window to deal with them is past and the Trump administration will solidify and widen them. This might have been our last fair election.

My only hope is that it goes like last time and they are at each other's throuts for 4 years or just to incompetent to do to much that has lasting damaged. But I'm not betting on that. I think this time they will come prepared. And it will be the end of America as it is now.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Ah yes, it's exactly the same with no differences,

Not what I said.

surely Trump isn't known to be a cheat and a liar

I think it need more than one person to cheat on this scale, no?

Surely he hasn't stated publicly his intentions to cheat the election.

He hasn't. He said they need no more votes. You are taking thins one thing he said and pretending it's "intention to cheat the election.". Which is simply not true. It could also mean that he is sure he will win, because he thinks he has got all the states he needs on his side. I'm sure there are more interpretations. But that's all it is.

No, he's a perfect human being

Never said that.

we're all just shouting about voter fraud because we're stupid.

Never said that. Your angry, hurt, what ever. Emotional. And I understand that. I'm absolutely devasted by this shit. And I see how one might jump to conspiracy thinking in such a situation. I just don't think it helps, so I'll call it what it is. Not to attack you, as a person, or to call you names. Just because I don't think it's helpful.

I think we (as in "the left") should try to base our opinions on facts and not repeat the shit the right is doing all the time, throwing baseless accusations around.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Ah, so now it's time for baseless accusations from our side, yes?

As long as there is no proof this is as much a conspiration theory as the the bullshit the right was spewing about in 2020.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

No, not true. They are saying that this time they knew to watch close, so the Democrats couldn't pull of the same fraud as 2020. They are indeed stating that it is "supisious" that 13 Million Democratic voices where nowhere to be seen this time around, taking that as proof they were right all along.

That's how this works. You take reality and then make it mean what you want it to mean. So that's their take in regards to voter fraud.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would you live in Israel knowing what you know? Would you move there? Would you stay if you had ever ability to leave? How would you feel about someone who did?

If I were a jew I would not want to live their. I don't want to live in an apartheid state and would not want to live under the extreme right wing government. Nor would I want to live in a place that is so prone to beeing the target of a terrorist attack. So moving there would be our of the question.

As for your other questions: There are Israelis who belive on a 2 state solution and are against the government. There are Israelis who have family who love there they do not want to leave back. People have been living in Israel for 75 years. That's two generations growing up there. It's not that easy to just go away. Nobody thinks that US citizens should leave their county, and they got it by committing a genozode and settling land that didn't belong to them. Just 100 years earlier as Israel. So if you realy hold the stance that people should leave Israel you better apply that same logic to the US.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yep, that's hate right there. There is beeing for Palestine and there is spreading hate. You do the later. Literally no better hat that Zionists are doing to Plaestinians.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Just because you are getting downvotes so hard, let me say out loud that I agree with you. Enjoy Harry Potter all you will, but pay money for it and you very directly funded the ideas the author stands for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I just saw a video about this some days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlUDzIhqDDw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sort of, ay.

The judge said Kurtaj's skills and desire to commit cyber-crime meant he remained a high risk to the public.

He will remain at a secure hospital for life unless doctors deem him no longer a danger.

The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.

Doctors deemed Kurtaj unfit to stand trial due to his severe autism so the jury was asked to determine whether or not he committed the alleged acts - not if he did so with criminal intent.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree, if you feel it is affecting your mental health you should by all means take care of yourself and avoid it. I can understand how this is sensible.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

But why the block? Why not disagree and move on with your life?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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I won't block different perspectives. If I disagree I disagree and move on, but why block somebody? I think it is important to have your believes challenged.

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