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2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

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ChapelHillSooner said:
How many of you all have a Harris (or Trump) sign in your front yard?

So my situation. I am separated (have been for years) but split time between an apartment and our house. We do this so that our special needs child can stay permanently at the house.

I told my ex that I didn't want signs in our yard because I don't want my house shot up nor do I want to be put on some type of list. I know that sounds paranoid for a low probability event but the cost of not having a sign is really low too. She initially agreed but then put up a Harris sign.

It isn't a big deal (knock on wood) but it does concern me a bit. Our neighborhood is probably 80% Harris voters so I am not concerned about people from within the neighborhood but I just don't think now is the time to prominently display your political affiliations.

Just my thought. I am not making a deal of it. But I will take the sign down immediately after the election, win or lose.
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You are not alone. People have lost their minds so I agree with you that it’s prudent to keep your political preferences close to the vest.

So much drama lately, with the loser of the last two elections crying conspiracy and saying the election was rigged (Hillary in 2016, Trump in 2020). The temperature has never been higher in my lifetime in American politics and it’s hard to imagine whichever side loses this election will just take it gracefully.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
You are not alone. People have lost their minds so I agree with you that it’s prudent to keep your political preferences close to the vest.

So much drama lately, with the loser of the last two elections crying conspiracy and saying the election was rigged (Hillary in 2016, Trump in 2020). The temperature has never been higher in my lifetime in American politics and it’s hard to imagine whichever side loses this election will just take it gracefully.
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Comparing post-election Hillary 2016 to Trump 2020 is why I’m now putting you on ignore. Just an incredible display of ignorance or bad faith or epic quantities of both. Your cowardice over yard signs is just icing on the cake.
 
ChapelHillSooner said:
How many of you all have a Harris (or Trump) sign in your front yard?

So my situation. I am separated (have been for years) but split time between an apartment and our house. We do this so that our special needs child can stay permanently at the house.

I told my ex that I didn't want signs in our yard because I don't want my house shot up nor do I want to be put on some type of list. I know that sounds paranoid for a low probability event but the cost of not having a sign is really low too. She initially agreed but then put up a Harris sign.

It isn't a big deal (knock on wood) but it does concern me a bit. Our neighborhood is probably 80% Harris voters so I am not concerned about people from within the neighborhood but I just don't think now is the time to prominently display your political affiliations.

Just my thought. I am not making a deal of it. But I will take the sign down immediately after the election, win or lose.
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i don't have any state or national candidate campaign signs in my yard, just one for a local county commissioner candidate who is a dem but has lots of bipartisan support. there are actually only 2 campaign signs up in my entire neighborhood, both for local races.

the right is teeming with angry wackos with guns. i don't want to give any of them a reason to give me a second look.
 
My wife insisted on putting up a couple of political signs in our front yard recently… and she added a couple in our neighbor’s yard as well. (Neighbor Pat is in Spain walking the Camino). However, predictably, the signs were stolen. Two by two. Under the cover of darkness. The perpetrator(s) stole them during the week of our “blackout”, when all power was out on our street for 8 straight days.

I told the missus: “no more”. I don’t want to put a target on our back. Next time it may be bullets fired into our front windows in a drive by. Sad state of affairs these days.

Also, with all of her bumper stickers on her Volvo, she added another recently, and some intelligent human (in a parking lot no doubt) scrawled over it with a sharpie: “F-A-G”.

You haven't actually read her bumper stickers… but they are ALL of the “can you read? Thank a teacher” variety.
 
Geisterfahrer said:
Comparing post-election Hillary 2016 to Trump 2020 is why I’m now putting you on ignore. Just an incredible display of ignorance or bad faith or epic quantities of both. Your cowardice over yard signs is just icing on the cake.
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I’ve had old HY on “regular” ignore for some time now… but I’m thinking of going with “super” …. I need to extra octane.

Which brings to mind: has anyone heard from HiOctane lately? Has he made it over here from IC yet? Perhaps under a new handle?
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
You are not alone. People have lost their minds so I agree with you that it’s prudent to keep your political preferences close to the vest.

So much drama lately, with the loser of the last two elections crying conspiracy and saying the election was rigged (Hillary in 2016, Trump in 2020).
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Hillary never claimed the election was rigged, nor did she cry conspiracy in any way. She conceded and that was that.

This is a perfect example of the tunneling I was discussing on the other thread. You can't reason your way to Trump isn't that bad, but you want to get there, so you reason with bullshit. It makes it seem like you have an actual argument, but you don't. MAGA arguments ALWAYS have a "do your own research" moment. Yours is Hillary claimed the election was rigged. Did you get vaccinated, even with the microchips or do you not believe the bit about microchips? Why? It's not qualitatively more ridiculous than Hillary cried about a rigged election.
 
superrific said:
Hillary never claimed the election was rigged, nor did she cry conspiracy in any way. She conceded and that was that.

This is a perfect example of the tunneling I was discussing on the other thread. You can't reason your way to Trump isn't that bad, but you want to get there, so you reason with bullshit. It makes it seem like you have an actual argument, but you don't. MAGA arguments ALWAYS have a "do your own research" moment. Yours is Hillary claimed the election was rigged. Did you get vaccinated, even with the microchips or do you not believe the bit about microchips? Why? It's not qualitatively more ridiculous than Hillary cried about a rigged election.
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Clinton (who I voted for in 2016) did initially push back against the results due to election interference and only conceded after Obama told her to. But it's true, it wasn't close to Trump's tantrum.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
You are not alone. People have lost their minds so I agree with you that it’s prudent to keep your political preferences close to the vest.

So much drama lately, with the loser of the last two elections crying conspiracy and saying the election was rigged (Hillary in 2016, Trump in 2020). The temperature has never been higher in my lifetime in American politics and it’s hard to imagine whichever side loses this election will just take it gracefully.
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hahahahaha what a bosides
 
EhringhausSouth said:
Clinton (who I voted for in 2016) did initially push back against the results due to election interference and only conceded after Obama told her to. But it's true, it wasn't close to Trump's tantrum.
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Source? And when was this "push back"? She called Trump at 2:30 AM election night. So wtf are you even talking about?
 
Obviously both Trump and Clinton ceded power and the world kept turning. But neither one handled the loss the way you’d hope a politician would in a POTUS race. Both of them sowed significant doubt in our election security on the way out.

Point remains, whichever side loses the election in 2024 will raise hell and blame everything except their party’s unwillingness to meet voters where they are.
 
comparing the concerns Dems had about 2016 is much different than the GQPer concerns in 2020

Dems did not claim the election was rigged an did not question the legitimacy of the voting process. Dems did claim that Russian interference and Comey's turd in the punchbowl had a negative impact on the outcome of the election.

Fact-check: Did Democrats suggest 2016 presidential election was stolen?

Many prominent Democrats say Donald Trump's win in the 2016 presidential election was tainted.
www.statesman.com www.statesman.com
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
Obviously both Trump and Clinton ceded power and the world kept turning. But neither one handled the loss the way you’d hope a politician would in a POTUS race. Both of them sowed significant doubt in our election security on the way out.

Point remains, whichever side loses the election in 2024 will raise hell and blame everything except their party’s unwillingness to meet voters where they are.
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HeelYeah2012 said:
Obviously both Trump and Clinton ceded power and the world kept turning. But neither one handled the loss the way you’d hope a politician would in a POTUS race. Both of them sowed significant doubt in our election security on the way out.

Point remains, whichever side loses the election in 2024 will raise hell and blame everything except their party’s unwillingness to meet voters where they are.
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Family Fish GIF by Run The Burbs
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
Obviously both Trump and Clinton ceded power and the world kept turning. But neither one handled the loss the way you’d hope a politician would in a POTUS race. Both of them sowed significant doubt in our election security on the way out.

Point remains, whichever side loses the election in 2024 will raise hell and blame everything except their party’s unwillingness to meet voters where they are.
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Yep, unfiltered bullshit. Clinton didn't cede power, because she had none. Trump didn't cede power either. A failed coup is not the same thing as stepping aside.

Super ignore is on. You're not likely to have many people to talk to any more. Cue up the grievance machine. Waa! Waa! I'm being discriminated against because I have a different viewpoint!! Sure I lie and make ridiculously false claims and try to bait people with trolling bullshit, but that's not why people don't want to talk to me! It's that I think for myself. Waa! Waa!
 
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