Thread by @mtracey

You have to be seriously delusional (or slept through the past four years) if you're remotely surprised that there's this campaign to declare the election fraudulent. Because it may be the most predictable thing ever. Other than that, Happy Thanksgiving
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The 2016 post-election insanity was a direct precursor to the current situation. BTW, to say that certain events create conditions that give rise to future events isn't to say that those events are "the same" -- but I understand how difficult of a concept this can be for many

The bipartisan trend toward delegitimization of US election outcomes has taken different forms. Dems maneuvering/machinating with surrogates, weaponizing intel agencies -- GOP/Trump just outright screaming wholesale fraud. But it's the clear trend, and it's rapidly accelerating

People point to 2000 as an antecedent, and they're not entirely wrong, but that election really was historically close in one state. The post-2016 de-legitimization trend is more directed at the electoral system itself -- almost separate and apart from particular voting outcomes

And with that I'm declaring a moratorium on political polemics for the day. Enjoy your dystopian Thanksgiving

Addendum: Look at the meltdown this statement provoked for a preview of what we're in for in terms of the ongoing legitimacy crisis

https://twitter.com/willchamberlain/status/1331637330885664769

Prediction: the epistemological barrier that's been erected to impede rational discussion of any election results is going to be an enduring frustration

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1332363053766160387