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Voter Suppression and Why The Republicans Love It So Much?

The Thriller said:
Facts matter, get the **** off Facebook and read better sources

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Fact check: States don't have more than 100% voter turnout in an election

A post uses outdated data to argue there are more votes than registered voters in key battleground states. Data shows no state exceeds 100% turnout.
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I work with a guy who frequently proudly proclaims that he doesn't watch the news (like who under 65 watches the news?) but he frequently shares hot takes on current events that come straight off of facebook. He tried to make me watch "plandemic" the day it come out before I had any idea what it was, I was 20s in and telling him it was a little conspiracy theory-ish for my taste and they had already made a number of unsubstantiated claims, presenting them as facts.
 
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1/4 of Americans qualify as highly 'right-wing authoritarian,' new poll finds

26% of Americans scored high on the right-wing authoritarian scale, compared with 13% of Canadians and Australians and 10% of UK adults.
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“The study used authoritarian researcher Bob Altemeyer's definition and scoring system of right-wing authoritarianism, which defines it as a "desire to submit to some authority, aggression that is directed against whomever the authority says should be targeted and a desire to have everybody follow the norms and social conventions that the authority says should be followed," according to Morning Consult”.

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U.S. Conservatives Are Uniquely Inclined Toward Right-Wing Authoritariaanism Compared to Western Peers

The Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol gave the country a striking wake-up call to the alarming rise in undemocratic behavior on the right side of the political aisle, and new global Morning Consult research underscores the prevalence of authoritarian attitudes among U.S. conservatives.
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www.businessinsider.com

1/4 of Americans qualify as highly 'right-wing authoritarian,' new poll finds

26% of Americans scored high on the right-wing authoritarian scale, compared with 13% of Canadians and Australians and 10% of UK adults.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com

“The study used authoritarian researcher Bob Altemeyer's definition and scoring system of right-wing authoritarianism, which defines it as a "desire to submit to some authority, aggression that is directed against whomever the authority says should be targeted and a desire to have everybody follow the norms and social conventions that the authority says should be followed," according to Morning Consult”.

morningconsult.com

U.S. Conservatives Are Uniquely Inclined Toward Right-Wing Authoritariaanism Compared to Western Peers

The Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol gave the country a striking wake-up call to the alarming rise in undemocratic behavior on the right side of the political aisle, and new global Morning Consult research underscores the prevalence of authoritarian attitudes among U.S. conservatives.
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Maybe, but typically nations go authoritarian when the government gets paranoid. It wasn’t the right-wing constituents that demanded razorwire-tipped fence be erected around the capitol. It wasn’t the right-wing members of the government that wanted soldiers sleeping in hallways. It wasn’t the right-wing members of government insisting National Guard troops be subjected to loyalty tests.

It doesn’t matter which side of voters is paranoid, only which side of the government is paranoid and to everyone paying attention it is clear which side of the aisle is the side that fears its people.
 
Al-O-Meter said:
It doesn’t matter which side of voters is paranoid, only which side of the government is paranoid and to everyone paying attention it is clear which side of the aisle is the side that fears its people.
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Gosh, all it takes a a little unprovoked insurrection to raise concerns. Perhaps they should just line up for the guy carrying zip ties in the halls of Congress.
 
Al-O-Meter said:
Maybe, but typically nations go authoritarian when the government gets paranoid. It wasn’t the right-wing constituents that demanded razorwire-tipped fence be erected around the capitol. It wasn’t the right-wing members of the government that wanted soldiers sleeping in hallways. It wasn’t the right-wing members of government insisting National Guard troops be subjected to loyalty tests.

It doesn’t matter which side of voters is paranoid, only which side of the government is paranoid and to everyone paying attention it is clear which side of the aisle is the side that fears its people.
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I tend to think of paranoia as when someone or something is unnecessarily afraid of something. Like they are afraid without good reason.

Maybe the government is afraid with good reason. Then I wouldn't call it paranoia. I would use a different word. Something like prepared.

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Al-O-Meter said:
Maybe, but typically nations go authoritarian when the government gets paranoid. It wasn’t the right-wing constituents that demanded razorwire-tipped fence be erected around the capitol. It wasn’t the right-wing members of the government that wanted soldiers sleeping in hallways. It wasn’t the right-wing members of government insisting National Guard troops be subjected to loyalty tests.

It doesn’t matter which side of voters is paranoid, only which side of the government is paranoid and to everyone paying attention it is clear which side of the aisle is the side that fears its people.
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Yes, well I’m interested in and trying to understand psychological differences between conservatives and liberals, which is sometimes described(simplistically of course)as focus on threats(conservatives) vs.openness to differences(liberals), and I suspect attraction to authoritarian style leaders is also a part of what I’m most trying to understand, which is what the hell is happening within American society at this time in history.

I’m also thinking movements like QAnon are amenable to authoritarianism. Also wondering what effect social media is having. In that quest to better understand, I found this new paper quite interesting:

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Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity

One challenge is how little we know about the dangers.
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The paper in question. I’m still pondering all this, again in an effort to understand what is happening. It’s all very difficult, I guess because we are in the midst of it all, but that’s the problem that these researchers seem to be focused on, how to respond to something we don’t even really fully realize is happening.

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Stewardship of global collective behavior

Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans, information flows were initially shaped by natural selection yet are increasingly structured by emerging communication...
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I’m also thinking movements like QAnon are amenable to authoritarianism. Also wondering what effect social media is having.
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This is a topic I find endlessly interesting! I want to take some time to digest the papers you've linked and re-find some others on this topic. While I'm doing that, check this clip out. It has nothing to do with politics, and is just over 6 minutes long, but it demonstrates a tiny piece of the phenomenon you are looking at.

 
Lol the ones telling us that African Americans are too stupid to get an id are blaming Republicans. African Americans are a lot smarter than you racist make them out to be. Funny how you bully them to get a vaccination yet call them too stupid to get an id.

Personally I think you should be encouraging them to get an id so they can do daily basic things like get a job but if you encourage that you can no longer be modern day slaveholders and keep them in your pocket. Slavery has never left the Democratic party, it's just been disguised. Racism is alive and well and it starts from the man uptop that has been a racist for 30+ years, passed racist legislation, and said blatantly racist things in Biden. As I said, then you disguise it, then blame people like me.
 
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I mean can you name me one single Republican African American who the left doesn't hate? They hate Tim Scott, they hate hate Candace Owens, Amazon banned Clarence Thomas's book for being a black Republican nothing more, Democrats openly hate, they hated MLK's republican side, they fully hate his republican family members, they despise Ben Carson. Did you see the hate towards Kanye? Again. Give me one African American Republican the left doesn't hate... I'm genuinely curious.

Democrats think they own black people and if they go outside of their plantation they hate them or in Justice Thomas's case cancel them. You can look no further than Biden openly admitting that African Americans are not black if they don't vote for him. He thinks he owns them. Racism...modern day slavery... Sadly people are afraid to speak up because they are afraid that Democrats will bully them with racism and hate which they do around every corner.
 
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