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Posted: 22:53 - 28 Nov 2020 Post subject: |
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Odd, doesn't mention Act 77 anywhere in that article and one could hardly call Reuters low-brow Not that I think it matters too much as throwing 20 votes out of the electoral college is not a death blow.
Anyhoo, winning States, winning the popular vote? That's so 2016, baby This time round it's geography. Apparently Biden managed to secure the largest number of votes in history while at the same having the smallest land coverage: only 17% of the area of the US voted for him.
Errr....
Translation: he got almost all his votes in the cities and towns and nothing in the countryside.
Translation for Rebel: he found it easier to stuff the ballot box in the cities and towns negating the need trek out to the sticks
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Islander wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: |
No it isn't. Where did you check the citations used?
And you know what I'm going to say if you tell me - just the same thing you say about any source I use
And I still think this election was about as clean as a mud pie |
It is. You look at the citations given in the articles and you assess them much the same as you'd assess any information. |
And what does an assessment lead to? An opinion, nothing more.
Quote: | Actually, I've never criticised your sources intentionally - poking fun at them isn't the same thing at all. You've got a reasonably balanced view even if it's to the right of mine. Your devil's advocate position is always entertaining and often challenging. |
Playing devil's advocate to your own position helps you to understand things more clearly. It's an important tool. But I am unable to take the position of some of the anti-Trumpers, except to the extent that he does not make for a great president from the point of view of character. The rest seems to me like pure hysteria, as is so rife on social media about that and anything else. Social media seems to poison all minds.
Quote: | The politics and the mudslinging are as clean as a mud pie. The processes of voting and tallying the votes is governed by law as is ours and is overall fair and straightforward. There will always be attempts to defraud the system but they'll normally be caught during validation. The system itself, like ours, is pretty sound. |
Tbh, neither you nor I can declare that the election process was fair and straightforward. Nor can we declare that it was not. We were not there to see anything for ourselves. All we can do is rely on 2nd hand reports and assessments. Even a court decision cannot be taken as absolute proof one way or another, since we all know that miscarriages of justice happen. The problem is, no one can say they have no biases if they have any politics at all. As I said before, politics is all about bias. And the internet is a mine of misinformation, perhaps surrounding the odd gem of fact. But what is a political fact anyway? People talk of political "science" as a subject. I hate that term, and rail against it. I have a bit of fun here, but sometimes I think we are all just pissing in the wind, and for myself, I just wish I had something better to do
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Posted: 23:32 - 28 Nov 2020 Post subject: |
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Trump has lost the election, he knows it but unsurprisingly is unable to swallow his overentitled pride and admit it although he's preparing the ground by starting to admit it's possibility. In a couple of weeks time it'll be confirmed by the electoral college. The legal challenges from Trump's side are spurious, baseless and some might say vexatious - at best they're a delaying tactic but that's all. |
I agree with that up until the bit about the legal challenges. Perceptions are important, and if there are doubts, especially when they are held by such a large part of the population, the legal process must be allowed to proceed. There will be a final decision at the end, and people will have to accept it, whatever it is. It's that or total breakdown of civil society. Which I'm not convinced isn't coming America's way anyway. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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If nothing else I'm hoping the message "must do better" sinks in across the various States. Elections should be run in a transparent way with very definite rules if ppl are to respect the results and it's apparent that's not been the case for quite some time over there.
Rather than Blue vs Red one might argue the divide is along the Constitution. "Covid doesn't respect the Constitution" doesn't sound like a solid legal argument to me
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chickenstrip wrote: |
And what does an assessment lead to? An opinion, nothing more. |
It leads to an opinion you've put some thought into rather than one based on blind dogma. It's a lot more likely to be reasonably balanced.
chickenstrip wrote: | Playing devil's advocate to your own position helps you to understand things more clearly. It's an important tool. But I am unable to take the position of some of the anti-Trumpers, except to the extent that he does not make for a great president from the point of view of character. The rest seems to me like pure hysteria, as is so rife on social media about that and anything else. Social media seems to poison all minds. |
I agree. Call it devil's advocate, critical thinking, reflective thinking or whatever the latest buzzwords are, it's a powerful tool.
I don't like Trump. I don't like the way he plays the population against each other, stirs unrest and causes division and hatred. I don't like the way he's embraced the religious right as a tool and is dismissive of science. As a human being he's basically a spoiled brat of a man that's far too used to getting his own way. I'm not hysterical about it and have largely ignored his outpourings. I'm just glad to see him go and hope that the country can reunite without rancour. Unlikely, but it's still a hope.
Social media can be a poisonous environment right enough and both the extreme right and left exploit that.
chickenstrip wrote: | Tbh, neither you nor I can declare that the election process was fair and straightforward. Nor can we declare that it was not. We were not there to see anything for ourselves. All we can do is rely on 2nd hand reports and assessments. Even a court decision cannot be taken as absolute proof one way or another, since we all know that miscarriages of justice happen. The problem is, no one can say they have no biases if they have any politics at all. As I said before, politics is all about bias. And the internet is a mine of misinformation, perhaps surrounding the odd gem of fact. But what is a political fact anyway? People talk of political "science" as a subject. I hate that term, and rail against it. I have a bit of fun here, but sometimes I think we are all just pissing in the wind, and for myself, I just wish I had something better to do
My personal view, sad as it may be, is that America is in a no-win situation. |
My statements on election processes are based on first hand experience and knowledge (in the UK obviously). It's a rigorous and highly controlled process.
Of course you're going to have political bias, but it's also possible to put it aside and act professionally. The legal system is supposed to do this and yes, sometimes it fails.
The Internet is a massively useful information resource if it's used wisely. The problem is that it's too easy to manipulate which leads to misinformation and to a degree indoctrination into ideologies. This is where conspiracy theorists and other forms of extremism appear.
I also dislike the term 'political science' almost as much as I dislike 'professional' politicians.
As for pissing in the wind, yes we probably are but in order to maintain sanity you have to pick your battles carefully and have some fun along the way |
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I don't like Trump. |
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For the less technically minded the source is:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
Nope, doesn't look like a partisan site at all
I've said it before: Trump didn't just do well in the election he got enough votes to beat every candidate in history... except Biden
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Oh it's just Rebel. He's desperate for people to accept his "alternative facts" (lies) based conspiracy theory and doesn't know when to give up the struggle. |
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Oh dear, OANN again.
"OAN is known for its pro-Trump content, promotion of conspiracy theories, and criticisms of the mainstream media.[25] OANN has described itself as one of the "greatest supporters" of Trump.[28]
The channel is prominent for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories.[40] On November 24, 2020, YouTube suspended and demonetized OANN's channel for one week as a first strike under its three-strike community guideline violation policy, for falsely claiming a COVID-19 cure.[41]"
Such a reliable source
Although to be fair, Trump did win Ohio - not that it did him any good in the long run. |
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There was this thing on Reddit, half the US population lives in these counties:
https://i.imgur.com/NZ83Wc8.png
And I culled this picture of voting patterns from US Today:
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It's no different to the UK really. The majority of voting citizens live in cities and conurbations and they tend to vote to the left (with some exceptions in upmarket districts) whereas fewer people live in rural areas (obviously) and tend to vote right, again with some exceptions.
OK that's a gross over simplification but you get the general idea. |
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OK that's a gross over simplification but you get the general idea. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 144 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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