This shouldn't need to be said at this point, but given the new Speaker's apparent beliefs, it bears repeating:
While there are weaknesses in US election infrastructure, there is simply no evidence whatsoever that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen" or that technical attacks in any way altered its outcome.
58 of my colleagues and I wrote this shortly after these nonsensical conspiracy theories began to spread two years ago. It remains as true now as it was then. https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/election2020.pdf
@mattblaze it's a mistake, both factual and rhetorical, to say there is no evidence instead of saying the evidence is scant and uncompelling.
It's like, yes, there is evidence that the world is flat. It's poor evidence and the overwhelming body of evidence and analysis debunks it. But it exists.
If one wants to engage with someone who has questions about the election, they're going to be immediately shut out once they deny that the evidence exists.
At that point they're clearly gaslighting and won't make any progress.
Although, if the goal is just to preach to the choir or signal tribalism, have at it.
@volkris @mattblaze Sorry. There is, in fact, NO FREAKING EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that the earth is flat.
Stop trolling.
@glowrocks sounds like you haven't spent much time listening to people outside of your echo chambers.
I'm not even saying that's a bad thing. Live the life you want.
But if you don't hear from others with contrary perspectives, even very wrong ones, then you don't really know what they're saying. It leaves a blind spot that becomes particularly relevant if you actually want to engage with them.
Again, if you're not interested in that, no problem. But I'd say it's important to acknowledge that choice as you make it.
The echo chamber is nice and warm. It's understandable why folks prefer to stay there.
@volkris @glowrocks @mattblaze You seem to continually be mistaking "opinion" for "evidence."
Isaac Asimov had a good rebuttal to this idea: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
@volkris You're silly.