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DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice (fuelarc.com)

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Honestly, I would fall into this trap.

The federal agent genuinely sounds like she is a person having car trouble, this trap would work on me because I guess I too am a fundamentally decent person.

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[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

In the history of DNC, there was only one time when delegates didn’t chose the same candidate as the people, and that was when Obama lost the popular vote to Clinton by almost 1%.

lol, why is it almost always aggrieved Clinton stans?

Incidentally, the Clinton bit is such a stretch it’s fair to call it a lie.

https://www.factcheck.org/2008/06/clinton-and-the-popular-vote/

Q: Did Clinton win the popular vote?

A: Obama won more votes unless you count Michigan, where he wasn’t on the ballot.

The fact there was a mere 1% difference in the votes she received despite her getting an entire extra state compared to him shows how wildly popular he was. Ignoring that would have been choosing a different candidate than the people were choosing; they didn’t make some incredible decision that paid off because they know better than their voters, they just knew what would have happened if both their names had been on that ballot and knew which way the wind was blowing.

[-] Nalivai@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

It's deeply weird to me that you assumed I stan Clinton when I just point out this deeply funny statistic. The fact that you assumed I stan her might say something about your motivation and ideas than you care to admit.
It even prevented you from understanding why I brought up this and what it means for the "everything is rigged, nothing we do matters, better not to do anything" side of this argument.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

when I just point out this deeply funny statistic

Clinton being unable to gain more than a 1% lead on Obama despite having an entire extra state to count votes from is indeed deeply funny, but not for the reason you think it is.

If you can’t make your point without trotting out a line aggrieved Clinton stans have been carrying around nearly 20 years, maybe you should stop doing that. Especially since it undermines the point you’re trying to make: the DNC choosing anyone other than Obama would have been an actual example of them putting their fingers on the scale.

Or you could just stew about how good you are at communicating and how bad everyone else is at understanding, seems to be working well so far.

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