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re: How do you feel about twitter fact checking you?
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:21 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:21 pm to mmmmmbeeer
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Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:26 pm to tgrgrd00
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these sheep
biggest group of sheep on the fricking planet are____________ supporters.
Hint: you already know the answer
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:27 pm to tgrgrd00
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They read on Twitter that mail in voting fraud isn't a problem. When in fact it is. But because someone on Twitter told them there is no problem they believe it.
It's amazing the blinders some people have. I used to think it was naivety now I just think it's stupid.
What is the problem with casting a ballot by mail? I believe the Federal Government uses ballot by mail for federal workers and military personnel, Oregon votes by mail, and the president votes by mail.
Is there a fear that dead people will vote? Or that more people might actually vote?
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:28 pm to wheelr
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See, this is what is funny about the whole thing. There is evidence mail-in ballots are subject to problems. So Twitter's choice to fact check that particular post makes their bias more obvious.
No, Trump's tweet implied it is happening when there is no significant evidence that it does happen. The presence of the possibility of it happening does not mean it in fact does happen. That is why he was fact checked.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:30 pm to Tshiz
When a "man is a man" is no longer considered an undisputed fact then the notion of "fact checking" is purely in the eye of the beholder and at the mercy of their individual political bias.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:34 pm to The Spleen
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No, Trump's tweet implied it is happening when there is no significant evidence that it does happen. The presence of the possibility of it happening does not mean it in fact does happen. That is why he was fact checked.
Now it's "significant evidence".
And you are fact-checking his hypothetical.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:36 pm to McVick
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Or that more people might actually vote?
This is the fear. Higher voter turnout generally favors the Democratic party.
Several states have been doing mail-in ballots for years with few problems. And every state offers absentee voting, again with few problems.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:37 pm to The Spleen
LINK
That link will take you to over 1100 convictions of voter fraud from all over the US, mail in ballots are one of the biggest contributors. Some of the cases equaled dozens if not hundreds of votes that were cast illegally. Its laughable people don't believe elections aren't manipulated in this country one way or another.
That link will take you to over 1100 convictions of voter fraud from all over the US, mail in ballots are one of the biggest contributors. Some of the cases equaled dozens if not hundreds of votes that were cast illegally. Its laughable people don't believe elections aren't manipulated in this country one way or another.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:38 pm to The Spleen
He was “fact checked“ because he offends Progressive sensibilities when he pokes back and the Blue Church is demanding he be punished. And you approve. Is any of that wrong ?
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:42 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I'll just continue to avoid Twitter.
same.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:43 pm to McVick
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Is there a fear that dead people will vote? Or that more people might actually vote?
Read up on ballot harvesting. So called volunteers collect mail-in ballots from people and deliver them in bulk to polling places or election offices.
Guess it depends on your level of trust of people if you think this is a good practice.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:44 pm to arcalades
Reddit is just as annoying but at least there are millions of more people with different communities. Twitter is just 20 people telling everyone how the world should be, I think that is a little more useless of a sm.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:46 pm to Salmon
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although I'm sure they'll say its an attempt to stop the spread of misinformation
I mean, do people not see the difference between you or I spreading disinformation and the leader of the most powerful country in the world? During a public health crisis, his words definitely carry more weight.
If he wants to go back to shite posting at his own leisure, he should bow out of the 2020 election.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:46 pm to Rattlehead82
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The only issue is who's getting fact checked and who's doing the fact checking. I don't trust Twitter, YouTube or Facebook to be neutral, so I'll ignore their "fact checks".
This...
They better be careful though- if you start fact checking someone on one side of the fence, you better do the same for a person on the other side of the fence or you eventually open yourself up to lawsuits!
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:47 pm to TxWadingFool
And the earliest records in that link are cases from 1982. So 1100 instances in 38 years. How may elections have been held across the country in that time frame? I'd say that's pretty insignificant, and I also never said it never happened.
Now, I do agree that mail-in/absentee voting is more ripe for exploitation than in-person voting, and I'm fine with stringent laws in the administration of it. Outright dismissing it as a legitimate way to vote because of fraud is ridiculous, especially when the president himself has used absentee voting.
Oh it happens. I think there's much more election fraud committed by both parties, and operative of each party, than there is voter fraud by individual voters. Like what recently happened in North Carolina.
Now, I do agree that mail-in/absentee voting is more ripe for exploitation than in-person voting, and I'm fine with stringent laws in the administration of it. Outright dismissing it as a legitimate way to vote because of fraud is ridiculous, especially when the president himself has used absentee voting.
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Its laughable people don't believe elections aren't manipulated in this country one way or another.
Oh it happens. I think there's much more election fraud committed by both parties, and operative of each party, than there is voter fraud by individual voters. Like what recently happened in North Carolina.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:47 pm to LSUcdro
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Twitter is a private entity that can censor your posts... no such thing as free speech on social media
Tell that to Trump.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:47 pm to Capstone2017
quote:you know you get to choose who you follow, and can mute or block people, right?
Twitter is just 20 people telling everyone how the world should be, I think that is a little more useless of a sm.
I don’t see any political stuff on my timeline
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:48 pm to Capstone2017
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Twitter is just 20 people telling everyone how the world should be
and "ChoReb".
Posted on 5/27/20 at 12:50 pm to Badman
There is a link to information to support the fact checkers claim. It is upon you to decide to use those facts or if they are indeed facts or not. Most people are stupid tho and think everything the president says is a fact and that he is the greatest business man in the world and would never screw over creditors and don't believe anyone has turned him down to get loans. Because they don't believe in facts.
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