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[–] Omgarm@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, he's the expert on it.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 6 points 9 months ago

What I came here to say!

[–] ApexHunter@lemmy.ml 31 points 9 months ago

....by him?

[–] intelshill@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Half of the US also believes this. The other half doesn't.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Half of the US also believes this. The other half is right.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Well, there is that Bush only probably won the 2000 election.
So there is one that was interfered with.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They started screaming "stop the count" in that one as well, but that time unfortunately were successful in doing so. Many of the rioters who attacked the counting center got nice political appointments by the Bush admin too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

Roger stone involved in both of course.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah Bush almost definitely did not win that election fairly. Everything that went down in Florida is insanely sketchy.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

Theyre rigged in the sense that you're going to get a far right and ultra far right candidate, which is good enough for me to call US elections rigged.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The leaders of the half that believes it know it's true because they did the rigging.

The leaders of the half that doesn't believe it also know it's true, but don't want to admit it because the first half's preemptive DARVO-ing has poisoned the rhetorical well against them. Also, admitting it would just weaken the public's faith in the validity of elections even further, playing into the other side's hands.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

They don’t need to be rigged when there are only 2 options that are almost the same.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 9 months ago

Acknowledging the way they actually rig elections would motivate liberals to vote further left.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Based on what I'm observing from here in Australia, they're nothing alike.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One is far right, the other ultra far right.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In what way exactly? I wasn't aware things like universal health care, and anti-guns and such were considered "far right"

[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 points 9 months ago

Private medical monopolies is far right.

Democrats aren't anti-gun, especially not for the people shooting us with impunity.

[–] runiq@feddit.de 10 points 9 months ago

pot, kettle, black, etc, etc

[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least Clinton wasn't pushed out of a window

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Of course he'd know, he's the expert in rigging elections

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't you need to have brain in the first place to get brain cancer?

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not necessarily - Kissinger died of heart failure.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Fair enough.

[–] danielf@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

What, by him?

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago