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In other totally-not-a-slide-into-fascism news, peaceful protestors who had a permit to march were teargassed on the way to vote.
They have elections in all those shithole dictatorial countries too. They just make sure the wrong people don't vote.
The participants in Saturday’s “I Am Change” march had intended to conclude at an early-voting site to emphasize turnout in the final days of the presidential campaign. Those plans were thrown into disarray when law-enforcement officers in riot gear and gas masks insisted demonstrators move off the street and clear county property, despite a permit authorizing their presence.
Protestors with a permit teargassed on the way to vote.
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(Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday November 02 2020, @09:13PM (15 children)
Is it just me or does anyone else think DM would be singing an entirely different tune if a bunch of Trump supporting protesters were marching towards a polling place?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 02 2020, @09:48PM
His partisanship and hypocrisy are off the charts. He never ever admits that anything leftist is even slightly evil, stupid, demented, or wrong. (exception incoming?) He never admits that anything pro-Trump could ever be OK at all. It's a spotless record of partisanship.
He could be a character in a fake interview for the Babylon Bee.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 02 2020, @10:19PM (1 child)
Probably just you and a few other Trump supporters. As for me, I have no problem with a bunch of Trump supporters marching to the polls if they are coming to cast their votes. It's when those "protesters" attempt to discourage, or otherwise intimidate, others casting their ballots that I get a bit irritated. You do believe in allowing people the right to vote, yes?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday November 03 2020, @04:25PM
Calling rabid haters of Trump on their insane bullshit is not even sort of the same as supporting Trump. Thank you, please come again.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 5, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Monday November 02 2020, @10:34PM (4 children)
See, I'm one of those crazy Democrats. We're the ones who WANT people to vote. So no, I am opposed to teargassing Trump supporters on their way to vote.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2020, @03:39AM
Yaaaa, these dumb fucks just took too much Viagrah. It is like normal Viagra, but with a trailing dose of hate.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday November 03 2020, @04:28PM (2 children)
Yep, non-citizens, felons, dead people, entirely made up people... Or were you talking about people who are actually eligible to vote? In that case, you're full of shit. Nobody wants anyone to vote unless they're going to vote how they think they should.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday November 03 2020, @06:16PM (1 child)
Trump had the power of the entire Federal Branch of the United States of America try to find evidence of those people and they came up with jack shit.
Member of Trump's voter fraud commission says lack of evidence 'reveals a troubling bias' [nbcnews.com]
Put up or shut the fuck up.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday November 03 2020, @09:39PM
Dude, two separate instances of organized voter fraud by Dems are currently being prosecuted. That I heard about. And I don't even sort of follow political news. 99% of what catches my attention is brought up by you lot or The Roomie.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2020, @12:48AM (6 children)
Not just you. I would expect him to be all "The fashists are intimidating voters!!1!" if these were Trump supporters.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2020, @03:36AM (5 children)
Trumpers are doing that, sitting outside polling places with weapons and harassing people by trying to run them off the road and then trying to fight them.
So hilarious how badly you fuckwits have been brainwashed. Or super sad how many of you fuckwits just roll with the fascism cause "them people bad!"
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2020, @04:01AM (4 children)
> sitting outside polling places with weapons and harassing people ...
Fake news or maybe a Russian troll? Nothing like that is happening here, I've been by the town hall several times during advance voting and there was a nice peaceful line waiting to vote. Did it myself, voted on Sunday, no hassles, just friendly people and great election workers (some are volunteers).
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday November 03 2020, @04:29PM (1 child)
Garden variety lies.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2020, @07:10PM
Woops you got fact checked again =)
If we take your typical rightwing approach you will now be crying about censorship! Or would that only be if SN added a link to the fact checking comment at the top of yours? That would be censorship right? Not like you would hold SN to lesser standards than Twitter riiiiight?
Goddamn I love seing you fall on your face =) I'll sort out the morality of it later, or just enjoy a little bit of the dark side you rightwingers love so much.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday November 03 2020, @06:32PM (1 child)
Trump spokesperson says armed guards outside St. Pete polling place were not hired by campaign [wfla.com]
Security company that sought armed election security in Minnesota appears in court [fox9.com]
Police called on armed man standing outside Colorado ballot box [9news.com]
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday November 03 2020, @09:43PM
Yep, that sure is some nationwide, organized campaign of voter suppression you've exposed there. Trump keeps on at that rate he might end up keeping a hundred or two Biden votes from being cast before his operatives are arrested.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.