| Indeed I'm inclined to agree, however, may of those folks literally believe the election was stolen. Which is false of course, but consider how you would react if there were serious election irregularities, and your current PM/President was effectively a pretender? A lot of people angry about the election are, at least superficially, acting in 'good faith'. They think they are fighting 'for democracy'. Don't discount how segregated US information clearing is - I was visiting a family member today and heard some of their Facebook feed videos, it was totally shocking. This person does not absorb any kind of mainstream news information. All day every day, they hear misinformation about vaccines and the election, so it becomes easier to understand how they believe nonsense. One particular video, from an Irish Politician and MD no less, made claims that Omicron was 'just the flu' etc. and deferred to both the Irish government and Medical System for legitimacy. It was a very convincing video that I suggest most regular people would be moved by it, even though to a keen observer it was clear they were lying. Indeed, the very article upon which we are commenting is hard to parse, to the point where in the interest of Public Good I wish all of these articles had some kind of translation for us plebes, at least during a pandemic where in it's a 'war of information'. |