Election Challenges, Protests, Conspiracy Theories, and Moral Panics

[hollodero]

(12-15-2020, 05:41 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I didn't say there was more, I said it was all some needed.  In any event my position on this was about the assertions that the GOP as a whole are in Putin's pocket, which is absurd.

Yeah, it probably is. I find it less absurd to claim they were, and still are, in Trump's pocket (including indirect effects stemming from that), but I know we differ on that subject.

And I don't know if it is all some needed. There just objectively was more and I guess for most that might have played into it.

(12-15-2020, 05:41 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Eh, who knows how much happened with Swallwell.  He passed on an opportunity to say he did not sleep with the woman, nor was he the only person she got close to.  Of course, this does not mean that the Dems are in Xi's pocket either.

Yeah, right, who knows how much happened. That there might be way more and that this whole thing might draw way wider circles is indeed mere speculation on your part, and I have to agree with the assertion that your line demonstrates the exact same approach you (imho not 100% fairly, see list above) critizise the left for taking when it comes to Trump & Russia.

(12-15-2020, 05:41 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: As for Trump, he doesn't believe anything he doesn't like, this is not restricted to Putin, our intelligence or anything else.

Yeah, that imho is true, but I cannot place all the Russia oddities solely on that trope of his.