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flamethrower2 t1_itr2we7 wrote

MA is mentioned in the Post column but the column doesn't have a lot to do with MA.

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Lasshandra2 t1_itr3fl2 wrote

I would guess we are a very juicy target for the magas.

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NativeMasshole t1_its2nfs wrote

Seeing as how the state Republican Party are pushing to go full red hat, I'd say so.

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m8k t1_itsobk0 wrote

When Trump said that Diehl would rule with an iron fist… yeah, they want to take this state badly.

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flamethrower2 t1_itu7qku wrote

Their strategy certainly won't win the state, but the real purpose is to raise funds for candidates in other states. For example, Diehl took public campaign funds, and isn't running TV ads. I couldn't say whether traditional Republican or radical Republican is better for fundraising but it's clear which they're going with.

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Psychogistt t1_itrw2l8 wrote

Here’s 12 minutes of Democrats denying election results https://youtu.be/XX2Ejqjz6TA

It’s probably been happening since the beginning of Democracy

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NativeMasshole t1_its2cg7 wrote

Where's the video of them pushing their way into the Capitol Building to try to stop the certification process?

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TheLittleGardenia t1_its2qil wrote

It’s mildly disingenuous to equate democrats talking about 2016 election results, which were investigated by both the FBI and US Senate intelligence committee and found to have Russian interference with 2020, in which investigations have turned up nothing.

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Psychogistt t1_its7wpz wrote

They said there was Russian interference but we’ve never seen evidence of that let alone proof. The whole investigation was based on a fake dossier funded by the DNC.

I think it just shows that the FBI was in on sowing discord and distrust in elections.

I vote mostly Dem but let’s not pretend like we don’t do the same shit.

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TheLittleGardenia t1_its8x3u wrote

So the FBI and the US senate intelligence committee, both while Trump was in power, are lying. That’s your position?

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Psychogistt t1_itse7ev wrote

In psychology we have a saying: the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

Considering that the FBI, and the intelligence community in general, have repeatedly lied to the American people, then it makes sense they would do it again.

The FBI is the same organization that tried to blackmail MLK into killings himself (and then maybe did kill him). It also recently came out that they tracked Aretha Franklin (of all people) for 40 years. And that’s just scratching the surface.

So yea, it wouldn’t surprise me if they lied. What makes you so willing to trust them?

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TheLittleGardenia t1_itsj6sl wrote

What’s their motivation? Their guy is in power.

I guess you shouldn’t believe anything then, because apparently everyone lies

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SileAnimus t1_itruyhf wrote

It's being reposted everywhere because it's propaganda. Someone is making a lot of money trying to push this narrative.

Edit: You guys are so easily marketed to it's not even funny. Every time you click to read an article like this you're making Bezos money.

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SileAnimus t1_itrzq9c wrote

The narrative that those people are somehow without "compromise" or anything like that. It's standard balkanization propaganda. People from the civil war went back to working with each other and not having animosity over the civil war where brothers killed brothers over the span of a few weeks/ months. But you're telling me that people that don't trust the US government's integrity are somehow an uncompromising stalwart faction of integrity regarding their personal views.

Which one is more likely, that all of that is objectively true, or that the news organizations are relying on yellow journalism and targeted opinion pieces to generate profit from easily agitated people?

And no, people don't "discredit" the voting process by not believing in it. That's how anything real works.

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[deleted] t1_its0low wrote

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SileAnimus t1_its14t4 wrote

If feelings mattered more than facts, then the election that conservatives claim was rigged would have actually been rigged. This is factually, not true. If you think feelings matter more than facts, then congratulations, you're have the same thought process as election deniers.

People don't "discredit" the voting process by not believing in it. That's how anything real works.

Anyways, don't forget to subscribe to Bezos's newspaper. I'm sure their news and opinion pieces have no ulterior motives.

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[deleted] t1_its1xz8 wrote

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SileAnimus t1_its2sm7 wrote

The riot happened because a candidate who built his entire candidacy on a personality cult lost an election. Bigger riots happen every year here in the US when sports teams lose games. This is an issue of how people act with personality and brand cults, not of election validity. And that's not even getting into the fact of how the government security did not take their jobs seriously.

>Beliefs often result in actions. Actions have effects and consequences.

The Jan 6 riot has literally no effect on whether or not an old lady and the rest of her bingo-night crew, who are actually filing and sorting elections, do their job properly. This fundamental lack of understanding in how elections work is why the Washington Post is trying to make money off of you. You are easily susceptible to propaganda.

Again, please, don't be a moron that's easily propagandized. You are literally acting the same way that election deniers act.

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[deleted] t1_its6t3r wrote

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SileAnimus t1_its7ew6 wrote

There's nothing bad about admitting you were in the wrong.

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EricInAmerica t1_its8a5l wrote

Some self-reflection may be in order, here.

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SileAnimus t1_itsfod1 wrote

I've done plenty. It's why I don't get riled by corporate opinion pieces slathered on reddit. How about you though? Do you chase the highs of ego by spouting off about much much you hate [group of people a company is making money off of you hating]? Because /u/TheUnsightlyLocks over there does- not realizing that the OP of this post is a bought account.

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SileAnimus t1_its3hlq wrote

Not even anything shady. It's the Washington Post. They make money any time someone goes on their website. Every idiot here that clicks on and reads some shitty opinion piece with a blatantly inflammatory title makes them money. It's so obvious.

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SileAnimus t1_ittmsm0 wrote

You might be on the cusp of understanding why a not-Massachusetts-related opinion article got posted on the Massachusetts subreddit by a throwaway account. Please re-read that argument I had with you a few hours ago how how people like you are so easily marketed inflammatory propaganda for cash. You might be able to pick up on what I was saying.

I understand that reading comprehension isn't a big thing on reddit, but come on.

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