I really can't stand the lack of intellectual rigour in all those hints and captious questions about alleged #ElectionFraud in the #US…
Latest example: in this #podcast, #CurtisYarvin argues that there are “means, motive, and opportunity” to suspect crime. But anyone can find as many red flags as they want — *evidence* (or in this case, the lack thereof) and presumption of innocence is what counts. He also wonders why there were #election observers at all, if the process is supposed to be so clean and fair (by the same logic, air travel must be riddled with safety issues and we should assume it's much more dangerous than people think, since there are so many checks and protocols and inspectors).
And this is the messiah of the #NRx…?
https://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/146
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@tripu I agree entierly. Its basically two sides both cherry picking data and no one bother to do any serious investigation into the truth and present that honestly. Either outright dismissal, or a bunch of circumstantial BS.
I personally dont think there was election fraud, but i still welcome an investigation. But so many people on the left treat an investigation as if it would be a violation of democracy, hell just having trump go to the courts and ask for an investigation, let alone being granted it, is being treated like a violation of democracy... meanwhile the right is just as bad assuming election fraud is undeniable.
@freemo @tripu Don’t investigations need leads though? From what I’m hearing across the pond, it doesn’t even sound like there’s any leads to investigate. Didn’t some Republican governor put out a call for suspicious shenanigans and just got like one report back, of some Trump voter pretending to be his dead mother?