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Re:Airbnb to Block and Cancel D.C. Reservations During Inaug... by im3w1l on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:10PM (#25764944)
Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done and statistically speaking it was not seen to be done.

"Although there’s no widespread evidence of election fraud, fully 72 percent of Republicans say they don’t trust the presidential election results."[0] That article was from December, so things may have changed since. But it's clear that something is seriously wrong when the distrust numbers are that large.

[0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/22/do-republ...

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Re:Airbnb to Block and Cancel D.C. Reservations During Inaug... by multjoy on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:43PM (#25766244)
If the distrust numbers are so large despite no evidence of any fraud at all, then perhaps the problem is not the election but whoever is talking to 72% of the republicans...
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Re:Airbnb to Block and Cancel D.C. Reservations During Inaug... by im3w1l on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:50PM (#25770249)
The normal burden of proof: is there evidence of crime? But maybe the system needs to go further than that, and demonstrate that it is sound. Outreach? Meet and greet the counters? Count watching party (in the sense of cookies and soft drinks)? Some conspiracy theorists might never be convinced, but this is more than that.
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