Bluesky has jaded me. The person says "it's not satire, it's {insert definition of satire}". So were THEY being satirical, or maybe ironic?
This is all true, and it's state law. It would require legislative action to overturn.
Now imagine the "outrage" from the right when California votes to stop verifying signatures. These "CA vote counts are so slow" stories would be insignificant in comparison.
As Los Angeles has shown, it takes DAYS to count votes. Yet Platner has 90k before it's even midnight. Sounds fishy.
Apparently he was called out for objectifying women (fellow musicians) at an event, and subsequently banned. So maybe not exactly equivalent.
"whether you can prove fraud or not, it does undermine voter integrity"
Not having fraud... Undermines voter integrity?
It's just interesting to self-reflect on that, and have that instinctive thought "I'm going to quote post her even more, with even more insight!"
People with bad intent so easily utilize that on those less reflective. I have no answers how to fix it though.
Just know, one of my favorite journalists/bloggers has "liked" a couple of my responses to her posts. It absolutely creates an endorphin hit, and if I were still mentally developing, I would seek that out even more.
That's how the rightwing influencers get their hooks into people.
When I look at the last five years of abortion rights, I think it is Democrats who must show nuance and compromise. I analyze American politics for a living.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
Curious if any scholarly work has been done on this phenomenon. My assumption is when things are real shit, finding small things to get angry about and actually get some change feels good. Taking back some control.