Hilarias_Glucose_Cup t1_iu0chu3 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Reply to comment by techiemikey in There is no compromise with election deniers. And that’s the problem. by Sinman1982

I was referencing the fact that the chance of an authoritarian government in the US is very slim, to the point that it is not worth worrying about regardless of whether a small handful of loons get elected. We have them on both sides of the House right now and they generally don't have any real power aside from being useful idiots to the media.

Regarding the attempted overthrow - you are right, there was an attempt. Learn a lesson from it - keep giving these movements oxygen by pushing an us against them ideology, binary thought on every issue, and picking away at the trust of our institutions and we will have to deal with some of the stuff you are concerned about. Instead of continuing to stoke divide, start being more pragmatic, look to strengthen trust in institutions and things will get better.

techiemikey t1_iu0h3ar wrote on October 27, 2022 at 5:18 PM

I'm just going to say this then bow out: I feel you and I see actions and differ in "how many people actually believe it." About 70% of republicans don't think that Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. I think this is not a "small handful of loons" but "a large amount of support".