Can someone help me to understand this election fraud stuff? I promise I'm not a quack.
I pretty much ignore anything Trump has to say, since he was obviously going to say it was rigged upon losing, so his opinion contributes no info to my mental model.
I keep hearing from conservatives that the actual evidence was never properly examined in court, and that the cases were mostly dismissed on issues of legal standing. Not being a lawyer, I have no idea how to interpret the legal results from any kind of objective standpoint.
I feel crazy, because every rational person I usually turn to is saying that it's a settled matter, but I haven't seen any good "breakdowns" of the actual allegations and their validity.
Back in November I felt pretty confident dismissing stupid Benford's law claims and sketchy graphs pointing out "Biden spikes" in Michigan. I had the data in hand and could confidently dismiss those. No fraud.
I watched the whole interrogation with the PA whistleblower mailman who talked with Project VERITAS, and I came away understanding that he was paranoid and confused and probably in way over his head. No fraud.
Electronic voting has always been criticized, so I don't know why this year should be any different. But that just seems worse, that potentially decades' worth of elections could have been tampered with if any of those Dominion claims are true?
But it's been weeks and weeks and there was a bunch of "evidence" since then, and I don't have the time or energy or legal expertise to make any sense of them. I feel like I'm going crazy because all my moderate/liberal friends are convinced it's the stuff of conspiracy theories. This is keeping me up at night, feeling like the whole exercise of democracy could be a total sham, and possibly always was.
Is anyone else having this epistemic crisis since November? Is this how people become conspiracy theorists? Can anyone else relate?
I pretty much ignore anything Trump has to say, since he was obviously going to say it was rigged upon losing, so his opinion contributes no info to my mental model.
I keep hearing from conservatives that the actual evidence was never properly examined in court, and that the cases were mostly dismissed on issues of legal standing. Not being a lawyer, I have no idea how to interpret the legal results from any kind of objective standpoint.
I feel crazy, because every rational person I usually turn to is saying that it's a settled matter, but I haven't seen any good "breakdowns" of the actual allegations and their validity.
Back in November I felt pretty confident dismissing stupid Benford's law claims and sketchy graphs pointing out "Biden spikes" in Michigan. I had the data in hand and could confidently dismiss those. No fraud.
I watched the whole interrogation with the PA whistleblower mailman who talked with Project VERITAS, and I came away understanding that he was paranoid and confused and probably in way over his head. No fraud.
Electronic voting has always been criticized, so I don't know why this year should be any different. But that just seems worse, that potentially decades' worth of elections could have been tampered with if any of those Dominion claims are true?
But it's been weeks and weeks and there was a bunch of "evidence" since then, and I don't have the time or energy or legal expertise to make any sense of them. I feel like I'm going crazy because all my moderate/liberal friends are convinced it's the stuff of conspiracy theories. This is keeping me up at night, feeling like the whole exercise of democracy could be a total sham, and possibly always was.
Is anyone else having this epistemic crisis since November? Is this how people become conspiracy theorists? Can anyone else relate?