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soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

The "2024 election was stolen" conspiracy theories are just a rehash of the "2020 election was stolen" conspiracy theories and this is both sad and frustrating.

People choose to believe these narratives because they validate feelings and beliefs about how unfair the outcome of the election is; because they are profoundly ignorant of how the elections are conducted, secured, and validated; because it's easier than looking at America for what it really is.

If you see these kind of posts and can't help but notice the presentation style has a certain "FOX News" aesthetic, yeah, that's kind of deliberate.

Bluesky account "pissed-off-g.bsky.social" posted the following text: "We all know it’s true. Reputable statisticians agree it happened. There are lawsuits in Nevada & New York that continue to assert massive voter fraud. It’s just difficult for the story to get any traction on traitorous Lecacy media..." Below their text is a text-heavy image meme styled after the FOX news chirons that read (in all caps with some words in yellow text, underneath images of Harris and Trump): "Election expert drops bombshell: KAMALA HARRIS was the REAL WINNER, and DONALD TRUMP triumphed through "MASSIVE FRAUD". White house legitimacy under fire following revelations of count manipulation." No actual sources or evidence are cited for this "bombshell" headline. The photo of Kamala Harris is labeled 49% and Donald Trump is labeled 46%, from a September 2024 poll.