@crazyguy ” By not admitting that mail-in ballots are easier to manipulate than in-person ballots (in theory, I have said they were), you have proved to me that you lack objectivity on this subject.”
– It seems to me that your suggestions for how they were possible to manipulate did not in fact make very much sense when considered in more detail, as I invested a fair amount of time trying to explain to you above.
That you think despite that effort that you have “proved” that I lack objectivity… lowers my opinion of your judgement.
I do agree with the principle you and Seawulf mentioned, that the election process should be subject to great scrutiny and available to challenge in reasonable ways. But the challenges coming from Trump and those supporting him have been very clearly nonsense, immaterial, or themselves attempts at deception.
Meanwhile, today’s assault on reason and democracy from Trump in my morning email, read:
“From: Donald J. Trump
Subject: I concede NOTHING
I won the Election!
The Radical Left Democrats, working with their partner, the Fake News Media, are trying to STEAL this Election. We won’t let them.
Joe Biden only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING. We have a long way to go – this was a flawed ELECTION. ...”
I mention this to continue to answer your question. That is, this seems to me like blatant lying and attempting to undermine public confidence in the voting process based on nothing other than BS from his own imagination.” It’s not even trying to make sense or point to any actual weakness in the system. It just seems to be pandering to people who aren’t very knowledgeable or not very smart, or those who just wish it were true. Rather like a lot of the other nonsense he makes up and says as if it were true.
i.e. Trump continues to be a demonstration of the phenomenon where people with ego issues who don’t understand much, tend to not understand that others do understand some things, especially those who are dishonest, don’t understand that there are quite a few people who are honest and do understand things, and so they think they can get away with making BS up and lying that they “know” that what they want to be true, is true. Sadly, the US seems to have way too many people who have similar issues, and are willing to hear lying nonsense and not question it, as long as it comes from someone they think is “on their side”. Of course, in this case, he’s lying about that, too…