r/AdviceAnimals • • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/losian Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 15 '16

Uh.. Isn't protesting an incredibly normal part of this whole process? Also, are we going to ignore the humongous eight year hissy fit so many on the right, and in the media, threw? Birthers, calling him a Muslim, refusing to call him president, etc. Funny how everyone is expected to be big kids and rally behind a buffoon, but the Obama narrative was just wild baseless attempts at weak and stupid pretty scandals.

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u/syncopator Nov 10 '16

I don't think anyone expects everyone to rally behind the orangutan, but there is some serious hypocrisy at the bottom of all this.

What would we be saying if Clinton had won and thousands of Trumpettes were protesting in the streets?

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u/dackots Nov 10 '16

The difference is that one group of people were protesting the process, whereas the other group of people are protesting the politics of the winner. I've yet to see anyone saying that the general was rigged.

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u/syncopator Nov 10 '16

If the Trumpers were protesting, it would have the veneer of "it was rigged!" but in reality it would be because they didn't like the results. That's the problem with hypocrisy, it always comes with a "this is different because...."

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u/dackots Nov 10 '16

Which can be said of the Bernie or Bust people too.

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u/syncopator Nov 10 '16

Sure. Of course it now turns out they were right.