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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by majormajor on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:44PM (#25738735)
> Beyond holding liars accountable, we do need to do a better job of making the truth more easily accessed. Perhaps holding elections in some sort of open source / public format would help... then you could look up your own vote and the votes of your friends to confirm, and also double check the counts across the nation.

Private votes is itself a practice with very strong reasoning behind it, to prevent coercion and such. So I can't really get behind this.

But yes, it points directly at the problem right now: if recounts and audits overseen by agencies run by members of their own political party aren't enough for these people, what would be?

How far should we be asked to go to appease these people?

Could we even reasonably appease them? When others are constantly shouting from their TV that they're being abused?

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by chii on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:12PM (#25740949)
> appease these people?

appeasement should not be the goal. You do not appease people, or they will just push for a mile given an inch.

There needs to be ground rules set, and punishment for crossing the line. I think the line has been crossed. Society, at least, in the majority, will agree that the line has been crossed, and that those who crossed it shall be punished.

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