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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Twitter fact-checked Trump four times yesterday. Most ever in one day. Why the uptick?"
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LakeArenal
(28,837 posts)bluedye33139
(1,474 posts)They clearly were spreading disinformation about the election, so I flagged them. I suspect that tens of thousands of people flagged these four tweets.
marble falls
(57,172 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)The 'message' (the election is being stolen from YOU by THEM) is already out there and reinforced and NOW it is part of a conspiracy to keep THEM in power and to thwart YOU, the "good, white people who are so persecuted"...
The whole thing is vile and disgusting and makes my fucking skin crawl, but the purpose has already been achieved. Now the Russian bots and spammers can micro-target ads and bile to the people most affected by this kind of horseshit and get them all ginned up and to the polls.
Meanwhile, on the left, we have media running stories about what Biden's doing wrong with Latinos and minorities and messaging and polls and its the same fucking story as 2016 all over again.
Step 1): gas light the fuck out of the American public with aid from the Russians and a complicit US media whoring for sensationalism and headlines and ignoring substance
Step 2): have Rightwing media circus get this gumbo to a roiling boil and keep it there - fear, racism, hate, anger add in equal parts stupidity and scape goating, lather. rinse. repeat.
Step 3): have Trump run around casting doubt on the election and whether or not he would "accept the results" as if A) HE gets to decide that and B) in identical form and substance to what he was saying at this exact same point before the 2016 election when it looked inevitable that he was going to lose by an enormous amount.
Step 4): while everyone remains sedated and mesmerized by the BS Circus that is Trump world, the Russians will once again (and YES IT DID HAPPEN 4 years ago) hack the vote, change the tallies by a few dozen votes per precinct in closely contested states and presto! President Trump is "re-elected"...
If every single Democratic voter is not motivated to do whatever it takes to cast their ballots on November 3rd or sooner, if ANY of them are sitting around pouting because Biden is just not progressive enough, it is time to grow the fuck up, survey the wreckage that is America circa 2020 and dedicate your vote to changing this situation. We can gang up on Biden and nit pick his policies and whatever else blows up people's skirts and trousers AFTER we bitch-slap Trump out of office.
This election is playing out EXACTLY THE SAME as 2016, right down to Trump's insane hatred for voting and Democratic principles around voting.
mshasta
(2,108 posts)the damage is done, look at our country dog eats dog---the way he wanted
Qutzupalotl
(14,322 posts)and the repeat offender banned.