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by ericras 1969 days ago
The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...
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For those that didn't quite understand this (like me ..):

The person in question posted large amounts of images like this

- fraudulently said it was paid for by the campaign to elect the candidate

- specifically targeted people of colour that supported a non-conservative candidate

- told those people that they could text a number to vote instead of vote (which is not valid), and to avoid voting in person afterward

- therefore resulting in several thousand votes probably not being counted since they never voted, based on carrier logs

yeah I went in expecting to disagree, but then agreed wholeheartedly.

That's no different than setting up a "voting booth" in a black neighborhood so they don't go to a real voting booth. 100% deserve jail time for that.

Yeah. Some things you don't joke about. Not like that at least

Like, yeah, you don't make "fake pretend money" that looks like the real thing and get away with it.

We've finally entered the age of illegal memes.
> We've finally entered the age of illegal memes.

Well, we’ve always been in the age of illegal memes in the sense relevant to the item in question, to wit, “but, I use a meme” has never been a defense to a crime.

>ironically the joke meme the rеtard stalinists are now hysterically pretending was "еlection interference" is basically how they interfered with this еlection.

Trolling aside, what does this outburst mean in relation to the image?

The tweet is an example of what seems to be the right's favorite method of argument of late:

Decontextualize the subject to the point where it can be equated to something the left has done/previously supported.

Here, the left voted by mail in larger numbers than the right. That's how they interfered with the election, supposedly. Just like the sign is recommending voting from home.

See also: BLM riots are the same as an insurrection, Obama started family separation at the border.

Decontextualizing is just the norm on the internet. I don't think it's a favorite tactic of "the right" as much as it's just something everyone does when having short arguments online. A recent example I noticed is how the Parler deplatforming was boiled down to "it's a private company denying service just like what that cake shop did".

A nuanced and evenhanded discussion just isn't conducive to our neutered attention spans or the desire for upvotes and clap-back repartee.

> ironically the joke meme the rеtard stalinists are now hysterically pretending was "еlection interference" is basically how they interfered with this еlection.

Unfortunately, I'm not fluent in Clickbaitian. Will someone who is please translate?

The squid tweeter is pretending that legal voting by mail in 2020 is equivalent to setting up a fake "vote by txt" system under fraudulent pretenses in 2016.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25932826