In a thread yesterday, I noted that after WWII, many Americans asked how it was possible that large numbers of Germans could hear Hitler's dangerous, crazy ranting targeting minority communities and lusting after blood and still support him.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to J.SΚα΄Κα΄ππΊπ¦FΚα΄α΄α΄ α΄α΄&Dα΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄α΄Κ last edited by
@JSharp1436 Yes, Pizzagate popped into my mind immediately when I read this story. And we know how dangerous that lie turned out to be when a North Carolina man drove from North Carolina to D.C. with a rifle to shoot up the pizza place alleged to be the scene of those totally invented horrors, and found it didn't even have a basement β where the horrors were supposedly taking place.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to bufalo1973 last edited by
@bufalo1973 It does, indeed. See Parker Molloy's good commentary on that very point further down this same thread.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to clearwater53 last edited by
@clearwater53 Yes, I think we need to pay attention to the fact that a cadre of Americans approaching half are so susceptible to the lure of authoritarianism, to disinformation, to being manipulated by those who want to spark culture wars. I'd say the underfunding of education for a long time now β with Republicans doing all they can to assure that this is the case β plays a key role here.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to clearwater53 last edited by
@clearwater53 Yes, urban myths about people of Asian background eating cats and dogs have long circulated in some sectors of American culture, and this story, targeting people of Haitian background, surely is a variant of those stories. They're designed to dehumanize those targeted in this way.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to MycotropicForHarris last edited by
@mycotropic You're very right.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Catherine Schmidt last edited by
@lillyfinch I hadn't seen that, but would say, how convenient for him to want to imagine that.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to BassRck5000 last edited by
@BassRck5000 Thank you. I had to look twice at the title to get how clever this is.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Daniel Marks last edited by
@profdc9 I'm not inclined to see violence as the driving force of civilization.
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Vincent Van Dinskyreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy God I am so sick of sloppy journalism.
Nate Silver left 538 in May 2023.
538 has not projected Trump as a winner. They currently show Harris leading with 55-45 odds. The highest he's gotten since Harris joined the race is 47.
Before Biden dropped out, they had Trump with a 52-48 lead, but nothing even close to what this article claims.
God I am so sick of sloppy journalism. Please quit spreading this garbage.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Babs E. Blue Let's Go Kamala last edited by
@BlueWaver22 Hard to feel anything but loathing for him, for sure.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Pamela last edited by
@luv_wins Fascist works for me. Many people have problems with that word, however, and for that reason, authoritarian often serves, especially on social media where people can go off on bizarre tangents, totally missing points, as they debate the intricacies of this or that term.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Pamela last edited by
@luv_wins I've said for quite a while now that the problem isn't so much Trump as it is a large number of Americans for whom Trump is merely their face in the mirror.
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Musa Nonyreplied to Vincent Van Dinsky last edited by
@vvandinsky @wdlindsy
Iβd rather Harris be considered underdog all the way to Election Day. That will help sustain momentum and focus on the cause, no letting down.
Nate Silver can go eat a bag of dicks. Donβt trust the polls. Spread the word: Get out and #VoteBlueDownBallot -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to Stanley Nerdlinger last edited by
@SNerd Thank you. A good comment.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Hugs4friends βΎπΊπ¦ π΅πΈπ· last edited by
@Tooden For many of his followers, I think so. I hear his voice and immediately feel chills run down my spine. I can't abide it.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Musa Nony last edited by [email protected]
@jadugar63 @vvandinsky Yes, there's something to be said for not letting one's guard down and for racing to the finish line as if one is the underdog even if one is capable of winning.
And p.s. I just muted the person to whom you addressed this comment, who is trolling my feed today.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Vincent Van Dinsky last edited by
@vvandinsky You're quite right that Alex Henderson says that Nate Silver was founder of FiveThirtyEight β and I've amended what I said about his posting to reflect that.
As to the primary point, which it appears you want to evade:
Does Silver have or not have the financial connection to Peter Thiel that Stuart Stevens says he has.
I had thought that was the point. And I don't intend to let it be obscured.
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Dave Goldsmithreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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Daniel Marksreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Perhaps so, but do you lock your doors? Every piece of land was taken from someone else and then fortified to keep it from being taken again. We'll be civilized when no one has to lock their doors.
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Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
...it was about 50/50, based on mathematical models for each state, using polls taken before the debate, or even her first interview. I don't see how relevant the funding is, considering it really just means the election is close enough that we need to work.