I don't blame Trump, he's just a symptom. I feel like in the previous 10+ years, the media has fanned the coals of us v them. People are so quick now to draw a line in the sand and point fingers, place blame. Too much intolerance. Trump fed that divide, which was probably both his greatest asset and greatest mistake. It just caused too much distrust amongst people.
I'll say this, but I'm not picking a fight or pointing in anyone's direction in particular. I know many of us are just simply not going to agree on this. There was fraud in the election. I would say there is fraud in every election. Any time you do something that involves hundreds of millions of people, tens of thousands of workers, and so many moving parts and systems over a short time with massive consequences, something is going to be missed or screwed up somewhere. That being said, my personal opinion from my personal perspective, is that the majority of the cheating was on the Trump side of things and I also think that is why Trump supporters are so angry (well, many are angry because they have been told they should be angry, but the people telling those people to be angry are angry because...)...how do you still lose an election, when you worked so hard to game the system? In some states where Trump was a head, pressuring to "stop the count!". In states where behind "Count the votes!". Closing poling stations. Intimidation tactics at poling sites reported, not just in Lehi, but all over. Cutting funding from the USPS to prevent mail in ballots from making it in time, and then trying to not count them. Do you think that if Trump thought that the majority of mail-in ballots were going to be for him, that he would have done that? Answer honestly. Then the lawsuits, and the pandering to his followers. But wait! It was the Italians! Trump didn't lose, the Italian Defense Contractor under direction from the Roman Embassy used a military grade satellite to move votes from one state to another! Duh, It's so obvious! Why else could there be such drastic spikes in vote numbers as different poling locations report? It couldn't be because of higher populous areas that were ALWAYS assumed to be voting blue were being reported (is it surprising that in Utah, the big jumps in Biden votes also happened, probably because of the Italians, but also possibly when SLC stations reported?) Nevermind that the proof could have been written by someone on Reddit with a 6 grade education, and that beyond the irrefutable affidavit smoking gun (and the conveniently "in hiding" informant), and that they can't show the drastic reduction in votes from the states that the votes were allegedly moved from. The Italians! When the Italian Job blows over, it'll be something else. I bet even some of the most loyal Trump people look at that story as crazy, and then wonder why the rest of their arguments, which may or may not have any validity, are treated like science fiction. But, then again, the Italian Job was probably pushed by Antifa to delegitimize the other election fraud arguments.
The frustrating thing, is that no matter what happens, another spin will happen to explain why the last thing never was explained. It's a conspiracy after all, and it's far more likely that the rabbit hole gets deeper than the alternative, more simple and logical explanation could be true. It's like Flat-earthers shooting the laser beam across the water and getting the exact results you would expect if the world was round. Obviously the test is flawed! There is no other explanation! It's the ultimate argument to take too, since you don't have the burden of proof, you don't have to be proven right, and you can't be proven wrong because you can spin something else out of it. The Italians. If bits and pieces of it turn out to be true, as I'm sure bits and pieces of it are, then you can point and say I told you so. But when it blows over, it's because of a massive international conspiracy and that's just how these things work.
But, the public is notoriously and historically fickle. Many Trump supporters will go back to being Republicans. Many who voted for Biden because they simply couldn't buy what Trump was selling will go back to being Republicans. I don't think the political division will change as it's always been Red v Blue in all of my lifetime (which is the problem, again IMO). I just hope that people on both sides will start to see that they have more in common as Americans than not, and respect each other's differences, and celebrate our diversity.
I also hope for nothing more than for the Italian Job to be true. I love a good dumpster fire and I want to see that shit happen. But I'm too much of a skeptic.
But, if it does come true, just to eat my words I will cook everyone dinner wearing the full on Trump MAGA lifestyle brand kit. Shit I'll dress up as that Chewbaka MAGA guy (which is obviously Antifa, duh. Possibly Italian too (unverified)) and bring all the plates out. I'll even open carry so everyone feels safe. I promise.
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