US election 2020 thread

[ska invita]

Worth a read this, on the significant increase in recent years of political violence in rich countries and tentative suggestions as to why this might be happening. Also points out that the temptation to see stuff like wednesday as a freak outlier event is based on ideas that don't hold water anymore and should be ditched.

Political violence is not just for poor countries anymore | Aeon Essays

Rich nations with strong governments can no longer assume that political violence is a problem for other, poorer countries

aeon.co

that doesnt match my perception - which may be wrong
this is where theyve got their numbers from

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acleddata.com

ive looked up global riot counts going back as far as its possible using their data and you get this


which clearly doesnt match reality
some weird data anomaly going on there IMO

in the UK at least id say political violence is at a historic low
??


ETA: Also the USA IS a poor country in terms of the living conditions of millions of its citizens / more precisely a vastly unequal country

 

[Ax^]

Rabbits do

 

[Lord Camomile]

Excellent use of reference

 

[Lurdan]

Michael Flynn & Sidney Powell permabanned from tweeter as well. I have mixed feelings about this just on a personal level, watching them spiral further and further out, together, like some mad Qanon waltz was sort of fun.

And loads of others including Ron Watkins in (another) crackdown on Qanon accounts.
Twitter thread of screenshots here. The game of wack-a-mole as some of them try activating their next back up account is of course underway although twitter look as if they're feeling a little more 'empowered' this time round.

However I'm sure they will continue to find ways to provide entertainment. (Alongside being fucking cunts of course).

 

[Dogsauce]

Surely trump‘s motivation is more ego than ideological? He just wants to see how far people will go for him and gets a buzz out of it. Like a mobster boss, they’re doing it on his behalf out of respect. Nobody‘s going to kill a cop for Biden. His status is secured.

 

[Spymaster]

She's got a point though. A shotgun would be a better weapon for home defence, loads of stopping power without the risk of shooting through the wall and killing your neighbour. If you're worried about home invaders wearing armour, you can load a shotgun with slug rounds.

And risk shooting through a wall and killing your neighbour

 

[brogdale]

Jnr is still providing comedy content for those already missing the wit and wisdom of the Don...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Seems all Trump has left is he’s gonna head to Florida on 19th in Air Force One, will be the last trip he and his family makes in a plane with that call sign. USAF needs to say the 747’s are in for a service (getting the fake tan out of the soft furnishings) ready for Biden and lay on a Piper Cherokee.

 

[brogdale]

Seems all Trump has left is he’s gonna head to Florida on 19th in Air Force One, will be the last trip he and his family makes in a plane with that call sign. USAF needs to say the 747’s are in for a service (getting the fake tan out of the soft furnishings) ready for Biden and lay on a Piper Cherokee.

Maybe one of those spare 737 Max planes that have been 'resting'?

 

[Artaxerxes]

Well, I know people were objecting to people comparing the Capitol riot to BLM, but they've both had companies meaninglessly jumping on the bandwagon.

It's a parody

 

[Lord Camomile]

It's a parody

You're a parody We're all parodies!!

 

[brogdale]

Talking of parody; some of the stuff coming out is beyond it...

 

[Lord Camomile]

Exactly! It's like a bloody Christopher Guest film!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Talking of parody; some of the stuff coming out is beyond it...

Haha what the fuck.

The comical deaths of 75% of those who died at the coup are just incredible to read about. You couldn't make it up.

 

[bimble]

Talking of parody; some of the stuff coming out is beyond it...

Amazing.

 

[Yossarian]

Haha what the fuck.

The comical deaths of 75% of those who died at the coup are just incredible to read about. You couldn't make it up.

"Woman With 'Don't Tread On Me' Flag Trampled to Death by Trump Supporters" in particular is one that seems straight out of The Onion.

 

[gentlegreen]

Amazing.

I've thought all the way through that the mortality rate might have been higher if they'd actually done their job - but that is insane ...

But there should have been a fuck-off net waiting for them.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Here's a round up of bans, in addition to Trump's ban on twitter, so far.

Earlier on Friday, Twitter permanently banned the account of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and two Trump loyalists: former national security adviser Michael Flynn and attorney Sidney Powell.

Later in the day, Google suspended Parler - a self-styled "free speech" rival to Twitter that is increasingly popular with Trump supporters - from its online store.

"We're aware of continued posting in the Parler app that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the US," said Google.

On Thursday, Facebook said it had suspended Mr Trump "indefinitely". The popular gaming platform Twitch also placed an indefinite ban on the outgoing president's channel, which he has used for rally broadcasts. So has Snapchat.

Two online Trump memorabilia stores were closed this week by e-commerce company Shopify. On Friday, Reddit banned its "donaldtrump" forum for the president's supporters.

Twitter 'permanently suspends' Trump's account

The social media giant bans the US president "due to the risk of further incitement of violence".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TomUS]

Jnr is still providing comedy content for those already missing the wit and wisdom of the Don...

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“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”

- Chomsky

 

[Artaxerxes]

"Woman With 'Don't Tread On Me' Flag Trampled to Death by Trump Supporters" in particular is one that seems straight out of The Onion.

"Tasered self in balls and had heart attack"

 

[prunus]

Well, I know people were objecting to people comparing the Capitol riot to BLM, but they've both had companies meaninglessly jumping on the bandwagon.

A viscous attack? Well, I suppose it was quite thick to be fair.

 

[Yossarian]

"Tasered self in balls and had heart attack"

That one doesn't appear to be true, unfortunately for fans of poetic justice - he collapsed and died from a heart attack outside the Capitol, probably from overexcitement.

An Alabama man who suffered a heart attack outside the Capitol is among the dead.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Ax^]

 

[Ax^]

 

[brogdale]

AFAIA, Trump is free to express anything he wants.
None of us can control who the corporate platforms permit to create their content, can we?

 

[Pickman's model]

"Woman With 'Don't Tread On Me' Flag Trampled to Death by Trump Supporters" in particular is one that seems straight out of The Onion.

imagine that slogan will fall out of favour for a time

 

[Yossarian]

imagine that slogan will fall out of favour for a time

"Don't Tread on Me" T-shirts might still be popular.

 

[Lord Camomile]

AFAIA, Trump is free to express anything he wants.
None of us can control who the corporate platforms permit to create their content, can we?

Well, exactly. The only way it's a First Amendment issue is that it highlights how many people, wilfully or otherwise, don't understand the First Amendment.

 

[Cloo]

 

[Pickman's model]

"Don't Tread on Me" T-shirts might still be popular.

Yeh but they'll be DON'T TREAD ON ME PLEASE NOT LIKE THAT WOMAN AT THE CAPITOL t-shirts