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The oldest tweet I see from that account is on Oct 5, 2020. Is there any primary source for this tweet? I found a primary source: https://x.com/VRSVirginia/status/1204620018035462144

I feel like there is some mixing context here

I use 36-hour format personally

Encryption is not a crime *unless you’re doing it to someone else’s data to extort them for bitcoins

They already have the Union Jack on their flag!

Criticizing people about their hair styles

Wouldn’t death be the condition?

Isn’t this the same immigrant that got pissed about someone tracking his private jet?

Are the drivers Tokyo drifters? Cause that could explain it

What did Mr Clark do? He sounds like a nice fellow

because of the people you’re sucking up to here

wtf are you talking about? Again, I’m not justifying not voting, I’m explaining that not voting doesn’t mean “I’m happy either way”.

you’re arguing for the both sides are the same front

No I’m not, I literally said “even though the alternative is worse”. And again, I’m not justifying not voting, I’m explaining that not voting doesn’t mean “I’m happy either way”.

I’m not justifying not voting, I’m explaining that not voting doesn’t mean “I’m happy either way”. If you were a Palestinian and watched the Democratic party continue to arm the Israeli Defence Forces as they targeted civilians, you might find it hard to give them your vote, even though the alternative is worse. Have more compassion.

I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Voting for a party is a form of acknowledging you agree with the party. A lot of people don’t agree with either party (and I know there are other parties in theory, practically speaking, there are two). The Republican Party is terrible but so is the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is better than the Republican Party and it would make sense to vote for Democratic Party to prevent the Republican Party from taking power. But I can appreciate people not wanting to explicitly support the Democratic Party either. Democratic politicians do as much insider trading and take as many legal bribes as Republican politicians. The US political system rewards bad behaviour. Not voting doesn’t signal that people are happy either way, it could as easily signal that people are sad either way.

I agree there is a lot of voter apathy. But I can appreciate the perspective, a two party system becomes about choosing the least shit candidate. The US has one more political party than North Korea, it’s the illusion of choice when the vast majority of eligible voters have no say in who those two candidates are. The system is flawed and the only people that can change the system benefit from the status quo. So while I don’t agree with it, I can appreciate people wanting to disengage from politics in the US.

Less than one‐third of all Americans who can vote actually cast their ballots for Trump. In fact, in every presidential race he’s run, he hasn’t ever reached a point where more than half of eligible voters in any state voted for him.

I assume the majority of folks in Florida retirement communities voted for Trump but Dale’s property was in Arizona and I doubt it was in a retirement community.

That’s not true, only a minority of Americans voted for Trump in 2024.

An influx of folks moving away from US social media companies. The the twitter exodus of late 2022 but for all US platforms