Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by logicchains on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:03AM
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If he and his supporters genuinely believe that, it's an extremely democratic position.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by wyre on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:20AM
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Remind me what its called when someone's geniune belief's don't align with reality?
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by ImJamal on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:21AM
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You are going with the assumption that the election wasn't stolen. If you are correct then Trumo would be taking an anti-democratic position. If the people's will was genuinely to elect him and the election was actually stolen then he would be taking the democratic position.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by davrosthedalek on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:37PM
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Not quite. If he actually believes that the election was stolen, whether or not it was, it would be a democratic position. He would be right or wrong, but that doesn't change that his goal would be to protect democracy.
If he actually believes the election was not stolen, whether or not it was, but act as if it was stolen, it would be un-democratic position, because he would, is his perceived reality, try to subvert a democratic process.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by lofenfew on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:40PM
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People can adapt their beliefs to be convenient to them. In fact, people's beliefs usually correspond to whatever is most convenient. If he should have known that the election was not stolen, then claiming otherwise would be undemocratic, regardless of his true beliefs (which are unknowable anyways).
How is that not anti-democratic?