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The Entire World (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2020 OP
We are playing the game with rigged rules. LisaL Nov 2020 #1
Why do we need the electoral college? In_The_Wind Nov 2020 #5
I don't think we need it. LisaL Nov 2020 #7
Thanks In_The_Wind Nov 2020 #11
Much of the world doesn't have so many religious freaks! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #2
This ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #4
Spot on. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #9
Answer: Fox propaganda and hate radio. BComplex Nov 2020 #3
Falsebook and Twit. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #6
S.O.C.I.A.L M.E.D.I.A Zoonart Nov 2020 #8
This is accurate. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #10

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
1. We are playing the game with rigged rules.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:52 AM
Nov 2020

Electoral college means we can win country wide but still lose the election.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
2. Much of the world doesn't have so many religious freaks!
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:53 AM
Nov 2020

We're more like countries in the Middle East, at least in rural areas.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
6. Falsebook and Twit.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:58 AM
Nov 2020

These platforms operate under the radar; they are conduits of crazy, and only the targeted people even know what kind of crazy is being pushed. Much more difficult to eradicate than RW radio would be.

Zoonart

(11,844 posts)
8. S.O.C.I.A.L M.E.D.I.A
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 10:00 AM
Nov 2020

Where any troll can build an empire of lies of any type. Where malformed men with gun fetishes can plot sedition.
Where any freak of any stripe can find "Community" whereas in the past, he would have been shunned form society.
Social Media is a public menace.

Flame away

GoCubsGo

(32,078 posts)
10. This is accurate.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 10:08 AM
Nov 2020

It's easy to blame talk radio, but social media reaches far more people. There have been countless posts here with examples of people spewing nonsense, because they saw it on Facebook or Twitter. It's not just those sites, either. Reddit is horrible, and I have seen a whole lot of really ignorant shit on Tumblr, of all places.

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