Election Interference

[DrDelirium]

By Twitter.

It seems that Twitter suppressed about half of the tweets hashtagged DNCLeak, among many other political tweets. Interesting reading.


https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/publ...ean-edgett-acting-general-counsel-twitter.pdf

 

[about_average]

And they blocked 100% of spam directed to @realDonaldTrump from a particular account.
Do you have a point?

 

[SpeareChucker]

Thank the lucky stars that they had a Lois Lerner willing to cut off his Twitter feed. A true patriot!

 

[Rightguide]

Donna Brazile just exposed Hillary and how she stole the nomination, how she and Obama drained the finances of the DNC, and thus undermined the election process:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774

 

[phrodeau]

I see.

So, were any of them foreigners?

 

[DrDelirium]

I see.

So, were any of them foreigners?

A fraction of one percent.

 

[about_average]

As I suspected, no point to the OP.

 

[Rightguide]

As I suspected, no point to the OP.

Except the monolithic left acting in concert to subvert the election by suppressing the free speech of their opponents.

 

[pointless]

Except the monolithic left acting in concert to subvert the election by suppressing the free speech of their opponents.

said the guy who spends most of his time here posting rightwing talking points like a good little bot.

 

[about_average]

Except the monolithic left acting in concert to subvert the election by suppressing the free speech of their opponents.

How is blocking spam directed towards Trump's account "suppressing the free speech of their opponents"?

More importantly, how is a private company blocking accounts that violate their terms of service "suppressing the free speech of their opponents"?

 

[about_average]

Except the monolithic left acting in concert to subvert the election by suppressing the free speech of their opponents.

How is blocking spam directed towards Trump's account "suppressing the free speech of their opponents"?

More importantly, how is a private company blocking accounts that violate their terms of service "suppressing the free speech of their opponents"?

You've had over a day to come up with an example...nothing yet?

 

[dontbackdown]

Just a little question here.

How was the election "interfered" with?

Like any other election I see all sorts of attempts to sway the opinion of the electorate via the propagation of information, both true, false, and out of context, but I see no interference. While all sorts of evidence is out there that rules were manipulated (by the candidates themselves or their supporters/agents), that various foreign agents, and the Russians weren't the only ones, tried to 'influence' the voter in one form or another, but I see ZERO evidence that in any way the voter was 'interfered' with once they entered the voting booth or that their vote was in some way altered after the fact (although there are some isolated anecdotal stories that might support that last statement, not to the extent that the results would have changed).

So exactly where is this "interference" myth coming from?

 

[about_average]

Just a little question here.

How was the election "interfered" with?

Like any other election I see all sorts of attempts to sway the opinion of the electorate via the propagation of information, both true, false, and out of context, but I see no interference. While all sorts of evidence is out there that rules were manipulated (by the candidates themselves or their supporters/agents), that various foreign agents, and the Russians weren't the only ones, tried to 'influence' the voter in one form or another, but I see ZERO evidence that in any way the voter was 'interfered' with once they entered the voting booth or that their vote was in some way altered after the fact (although there are some isolated anecdotal stories that might support that last statement, not to the extent that the results would have changed).

So exactly where is this "interference" myth coming from?

Who's claiming voters were interfered with?

If you don't think foreign powers spreading disinformation that is then propagated by voters isn't interfering then you're naive.

 

[coachdb18]

I myself find a lot of comic relief in Democrats as a whole, but a party which has pushed with all its might to eliminate borders, to allow ANYONE ANYWHERE to vote in our elections, to view voter ID as a racial issue, and to advocate against any form of election protections... to see that party now feign indignation is a total fucking joke!

 

[JohnnySavage]

The saddest part of this election interference issue, is that it correctly assumes that people believe what they read on social media. Someone really needs to unplug the internets.

 

[dontbackdown]

Who's claiming voters were interfered with?

If you don't think foreign powers spreading disinformation that is then propagated by voters isn't interfering then you're naive.

Influence peddling? That's been going on for decades if not a century or more. Foreign actors trying to influence our politics via opinion, information, and/or disinformation? Where were you last year? There were an awful lot of non-citizens doing that right here at Lit. Think Laurel should do something about that, or should the power of the government be used to make her shut those pesky foreigners down?

And we, the US government, has been quite active in trying to influence foreign elections. 61 times documents since 1947. So it's OK for us, but not for them? Just how does that work anyway?

Caveat Emptor dude. If you're dumb enough to buy that shit you get what you deserve.

 

[Rightguide]

You've had over a day to come up with an example...nothing yet?

I didn't see your reply until now. I'm talking about the left writ large, universities, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, certain members in the FCC, the MSM, all working to shut down conservative thought and expression. Don't try and deny it.

 

[about_average]

I didn't see your reply until now. I'm talking about the left writ large, universities, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, certain members in the FCC, the MSM, all working to shut down conservative thought and expression. Don't try and deny it.

I would never deny you moved the goalposts to avoid admitting you showed your ignorance, again.

 

[Rightguide]

I would never deny you moved the goalposts to avoid admitting you showed your ignorance, again.

I believe my words "monolithic left" encompasses the left writ large. So the goal posts weren't moved. I stand by my statement because it is true, and you know it.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

The saddest part of this election interference issue, is that it correctly assumes that people believe what they read on social media. Someone really needs to unplug the internets.

But then we'd be deprived of your infinite wisdom.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yy4C3GNO5cc/hqdefault.jpg

 

[about_average]

I believe my words "monolithic left" encompasses the left writ large. So the goal posts weren't moved. I stand by my statement because it is true, and you know it.

Again, reading is fundamental.

How is blocking spam directed towards Trump's account "suppressing the free speech of their opponents"?

More importantly, how is a private company blocking accounts that violate their terms of service "suppressing the free speech of their opponents"?

 

[snugglestruggle]

The saddest part of this election interference issue, is that it correctly assumes that people believe what they read on social media. Someone really needs to unplug the internets.

This ^^^.

 

[dontbackdown]

And I'm still waiting for someone, anyone, to provide any evidence that the election was "interfered" with.

 

[about_average]

And I'm still waiting for someone, anyone, to provide any evidence that the election was "interfered" with.

I did.
Because you believe the only way to interfere is to enter the voting booth with the voter pretty much means you'll never believe it was.
It's entirely possible votes were changed after the fact, but for about 20% of voters there's no way to prove that since there's no audit trail.

I wonder how those 20% would feel if their banks had no transaction records, but just said, "Trust us, you have $5,000 in your account, not the $10,000 you claim."

 

[Hypoxia]

Because you believe the only way to interfere is to enter the voting booth with the voter pretty much means you'll never believe it was.
It's entirely possible votes were changed after the fact, but for about 20% of voters there's no way to prove that since there's no audit trail.

I disagree with Tom Clancy on about everything except one line about an eye surgeon writing notes on each operation: "If you don't write it down, it never happened." If a vote has no trail, who the fuck knows what happened with it.?

I wonder how those 20% would feel if their banks had no transaction records, but just said, "Trust us, you have $5,000 in your account, not the $10,000 you claim."

Voting machines and ATMs are made by the same companies. I guess their contracts feature different specifications.