Welp, came back on to the Farms to check and see how ya'll are chatting about this, and, as expected, I see a lot of really loud "the vote was rigged" folks alongside some equally loud people that say the same thing, but don't really care save for egging on the real Trumpies. With one or two people mentioning that it might not be rigged.
Ah, just like normal, eh?
Though I am quite surprised by one thing: the discussion is remarkably civil for fucking once, even from those that're still pushing a rhetoric that can be denounced by one thing: none of the states where Trump won are being contended and searched for voter fraud up and down in the slightest.
Almost as if he "will accept the results of the election if [he] wins." hmm...
I'm not going to go into details as to why I personally think the election was done reasonably fairly save for that little tidbit, as that is the job of the courts, but I will still repeat the assertion: it was fair. Trump lost.
The recounts and detections of voter fraud will actually cement that fact, not detract from it. I'm actually glad ya'll are hitting at this so hard, cause it will make his victory even more real and less contended.
Though what worries me is the impact all these ridiculous claims will have on the people's trust in the election process. There's always been those that have that "the government is the swamp" mentality (even though Trump fits the definition of a "swamp thing"), and now that nonsense is going to have fuel to spread to people who otherwise wouldn't care.
I'm not assuming that there is no corruption in the government, but the fact of the matter is that the "swamp" idea is beyond ridiculous, and a quick look into their definitions of that leads to wild inconsistencies and contradictions, all of which are ignored or explained away through circular reasoning. This mindset ruins lives, neighborhoods and even countries, and all for no rational reason. To have that mentality be validated to such a degree is genuinely dangerous for democracy, as it is a system that's particularly vulnerable to majority opinion.
The election fraud claims, while themselves naught but blusters, carry with them a social toxin. One that may well erode at the very thing that gave us all freedom in the first place. Whether you hate America or not, it's still the one place in the world people call the "home of the free" for a good reason. If this mess is left unchecked and the claims not publicly quashed through real investigation, then we face the very real reality that we'll use the system of democracy being "infringed" as an excuse to destroy the system of democracy.
Is it not the goal that we remain free? Or is a 4 year trophy you didn't earn actually earn worth sacrificing the game you want to win?