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Election-related things
"Just want to say how proud of i am of america right now." by ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
firespirited and what-even-is-thiss.
firespirited:
Just want to say how proud of i am of america right now. Removing a dictator during a dictatorship is near impossible (typically it takes civil war or a death/ power vacuum) but for four years you’ve been fighting back and now you’re fighting a heavily rigged, horribly unfair election and not giving Trump that “landslide victory” dictators typically get. I want you to know that many of us across the world, see those 50/50 looking results and don’t see america as half and half but 30% cultists who were given an easy vote and 70% people who’s vote was very hard to get out (we saw the lines, we saw the fake ballotboxes) and often outright thrown away. We hear that more people voted for Biden than have ever voted for a candidate before. We see your judges fighting to have every vote counted and the diverse new congressfolks you’ve voted in. The narrative of a close race omits that one team had skates on a downhill road and the other had an obstacle couse littered with dirty needles, fences to break through, barbed wire to crawl under and rabid dogs blocking the way.
what-even-is-thiss:
I actually needed to hear this I think. All I’ve been hearing for the last few years is how terrible America is and I know that reputation is earned but I and so many other people have been fighting this whole time because we love our country and trust our institutions and don’t want to see them fall and I know we’re not the best neighbors to have but we’re trying and it makes me so happy to see that someone, anyone, understands that we’re trying.
Some voting patterns that don't add up by![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
DavidManel. First thing I thought, in 2016 and now. If the results don't match the polls, don't go assuming the polls are broken. It's amazing to watch all the stories being spun that "explain" the voting patterns without questioning them.
And I'm not even going to link to the various coup attempts and treasonous lack of acceptance of election results. *sputters* I'm just glad they don't seem to be gathering momentum. But still. Right out in front of everyone, and there continue to be no consequences. What happened to consequences?!
Some links I've gathered that I plan to give money to. These folks deserve support, full stop. Also they tipped the balance for the election going the way it did.
Native American Rights Fund.
Act Blue: Romancing the Runoff supporting voting in Georgia. (The state. Usually I'm talking about the former Soviet Republic.)
Specifically, Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams' organization.
firespirited:
Just want to say how proud of i am of america right now. Removing a dictator during a dictatorship is near impossible (typically it takes civil war or a death/ power vacuum) but for four years you’ve been fighting back and now you’re fighting a heavily rigged, horribly unfair election and not giving Trump that “landslide victory” dictators typically get. I want you to know that many of us across the world, see those 50/50 looking results and don’t see america as half and half but 30% cultists who were given an easy vote and 70% people who’s vote was very hard to get out (we saw the lines, we saw the fake ballotboxes) and often outright thrown away. We hear that more people voted for Biden than have ever voted for a candidate before. We see your judges fighting to have every vote counted and the diverse new congressfolks you’ve voted in. The narrative of a close race omits that one team had skates on a downhill road and the other had an obstacle couse littered with dirty needles, fences to break through, barbed wire to crawl under and rabid dogs blocking the way.
what-even-is-thiss:
I actually needed to hear this I think. All I’ve been hearing for the last few years is how terrible America is and I know that reputation is earned but I and so many other people have been fighting this whole time because we love our country and trust our institutions and don’t want to see them fall and I know we’re not the best neighbors to have but we’re trying and it makes me so happy to see that someone, anyone, understands that we’re trying.
Some voting patterns that don't add up by
And I'm not even going to link to the various coup attempts and treasonous lack of acceptance of election results. *sputters* I'm just glad they don't seem to be gathering momentum. But still. Right out in front of everyone, and there continue to be no consequences. What happened to consequences?!
Some links I've gathered that I plan to give money to. These folks deserve support, full stop. Also they tipped the balance for the election going the way it did.
Native American Rights Fund.
Act Blue: Romancing the Runoff supporting voting in Georgia. (The state. Usually I'm talking about the former Soviet Republic.)
Specifically, Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams' organization.