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Re:Yes, the U.S. economy is likely in recession by throwaway894345 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:49PM (#32350979)
I wasn’t the one who made the original comparison bruv, and I have only been explicit about saying I thought Trump’s behavior was worse. I very clearly made no equivalences whatsoever.
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Re:Yes, the U.S. economy is likely in recession by ModernMech on Friday August 05, 2022 @07:37AM (#32354678)
> there is no room for disagreement that neither party accepts election results.

Seems to me like you’re very clearly making an equivalence right there.

One party responded within the bounds of the law and exercised their rights, whereas the other broke the law and tried to overthrow democracy, yet you equate these two responses as “not accepting results”. This is very clearly a false equivalence. If these two responses are equivalent in your mind under the umbrella of election denial, it would seem to mean that no American has ever accepted an election, because one side is always sore about the outcome. You’ve effectively rendered the term election denial meaningless (which is the reason false equivalence is a logical fallacy), so what exactly is your point then?

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