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EdmondDantes_

(1,312 posts)
23. You talk about accepting reality and about the election being probably stolen
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 08:04 PM
Jan 2025

The irony is painful. There is zero evidence that the elections weren't fair. None. The audits done showed nothing wrong. Marc Elias and the Harris campaign aren't claiming it.

The OP is advocating for surrender by saying it's inevitable that democracy is dead on the 20th. Trump didn't kill democracy the first time. People claimed if Bush won reelection, or Obama, or Biden won, that we wouldn't have elections again. They were all wrong. And for all the cries Trump said people wouldn't have to vote again, he also pondered the choice of dying from electric boats compared to being eaten by sharks a choice in death that I believe has been faced by exactly 0 people. He says lots of things that have zero basis in reality.

A far more likely explanation is that Trump knows he can't run in 2028 and so he has exactly zero concern about it since it doesn't impact him at all. He's not exactly a man that's subtle that he only cares about himself.

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Totally agree EarthAbides Jan 2025 #1
Indeed - your imagery is an apt analogy. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #19
I'm in Virginia and plan on voting this coming November to elect a Democratic Governor onenote Jan 2025 #2
Recognizing reality isn't admitting defeat Cyrano Jan 2025 #4
So what is the "reality"? That because, according to you, democracy will be dead 1/20/25. onenote Jan 2025 #9
You cannot fight back if you do not face reality first. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #14
But democracy being dead isn't reality unless we allow it to be. onenote Jan 2025 #15
Well stated! Wuddles440 Jan 2025 #16
Agreed. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #20
You talk about accepting reality and about the election being probably stolen EdmondDantes_ Jan 2025 #23
Optimism/Hope are good. But facing reality is a necessity too. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #12
Is the reality that I won' t be able to elect a Democratic governor? onenote Jan 2025 #13
Don't surrender in advance. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2025 #3
So much woe. BannonsLiver Jan 2025 #5
I choose bdamomma Jan 2025 #6
Maybe, maybe not. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #7
I think bdamomma Jan 2025 #8
I get the feeling... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #10
I Almost Agree! BBbats Jan 2025 #11
According to Jimmy Carter we've been an oligarchy for awhile. Trump Inc. is just making it official. jalan48 Jan 2025 #17
I have been singing the same tune. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #18
The Heritage Foundation is pure fucking evil. Initech Jan 2025 #21
Turning it over to the Confederacy. Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #22
Very true, sadly Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #24
I wrote on my calendar Democracy Died Today for Nov 5th 2024 Meowmee Jan 2025 #25
America is more resilient than that. Groundhawg Jan 2025 #26
I used to believe that Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #27
Fight. Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #28
"Mother Nature may just destroy us", nature has its own rules that humankind stomps on Beringia Jan 2025 #29
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