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...radicalizization meaning choosing to believe differently than you?


"Radicalization" in this context refers to participation in a currently active and well-known plot to overthrow democracy in the United States. It's not exactly a hypothetical here.


Yes, election fraud would be a plot to overthrow democracy wouldn't it.


What evidence have they put forth that makes you think they have a real case for meaningful amounts of fraud? Because from where I’m sitting, it’s really obvious they’re grasping at any straw they can find.


So would a coordinated effort to convince the populace that an honestly-elected president is illegitimate.


See, this is the kind of thing that makes it impossible for me to maintain my general opposition to censorship here. The president is publicly calling for the election to be overturned, reaching out to state governors and asking them to please over turn the election for him - and a lot of smart, well-meaning people are stuck in an information bubble where this is just a legitimate process raising legitimate concerns about election fraud. That has to be addressed, and I just haven't seen any suggestions for popping the bubble other than censoring it out of all the popular places.

I was sympathetic to the ideas floating around in early November, that the issue would go away once we let all the legal processes play out. But they have played out, the votes are all certified, and nothing's changed.




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