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BREAKING THREAD
*Commenting* on Trump’s US election claim is no longer “conspiracy theory”
It’s all coming out now, like I’m in an alternate universe
This is known as ‘controlling the narrative’
“Secret History of the Shadow Campaign” @TIME
Read on https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
*Commenting* on Trump’s US election claim is no longer “conspiracy theory”
It’s all coming out now, like I’m in an alternate universe
This is known as ‘controlling the narrative’“Secret History of the Shadow Campaign” @TIME
Read on https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
This shit needs some proper truth & reconciliation
*Emphases* are mine:
“..It was all very, very strange’ Trump said on Dec. 2. ‘Within days after the election, we witnessed an orchestrated effort to anoint the winner, even while many key states were still being counted..”
*Emphases* are mine:
“..It was all very, very strange’ Trump said on Dec. 2. ‘Within days after the election, we witnessed an orchestrated effort to anoint the winner, even while many key states were still being counted..”
“In a way, *Trump was right*. There *was a conspiracy* unfolding behind the scenes, one that both curtailed the protests and coordinated the resistance from CEOs..”
“..Both surprises were the result of an informal alliance between left-wing activists and business titans. The pact was formalized in a terse, little-noticed joint statement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO published on Election Day..”
“..The handshake between business and labor was just one component of a vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election–an *extraordinary shadow effort* dedicated not to winning the vote but to ensuring it would be free and fair, credible and uncorrupted..”
“..The scenario the shadow campaigners were desperate to stop was not a Trump victory. It was an election so calamitous that no result could be discerned at all..”
“..Their work touched every aspect of the election. They *got states to change voting systems and laws* and helped secure hundreds of millions in public and private funding...”
“..They *successfully pressured social media companies* to take a harder line against disinformation and used data-driven strategies to fight viral smears..”
“..participants want the *secret history* of the 2020 election told, even though it sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a *well-funded cabal of powerful people*, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together *behind the scenes*...”
“...*to influence perceptions*, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information.
..They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it” (!!)
..They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it” (!!)
“..Protecting the election would require an effort of unprecedented scale. As 2020 progressed, it stretched to *Congress, Silicon Valley and the nation’s statehouses*”
“..Private philanthropy stepped into the breach. An assortment of foundations contributed tens of millions in election-administration funding. *The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative chipped in $300 million*” (Facebook’s Zuckerberg)
“research gave ammunition to advocates pushing social media platforms to take a harder line...Mark Zuckerberg invited nine civil rights leaders to dinner at his home, where they warned him about the danger of the election-related falsehoods that were already spreading unchecked”
“..They didn’t want to amplify false claims by engaging them..When you say, ‘These claims of fraud are spurious,’ what people hear is ‘fraud,' Shenker-Osorio says”
(this may be why anyone trying to report on Trump’s claims was trolled online)
(this may be why anyone trying to report on Trump’s claims was trolled online)
“..There’s an impulse for some to say voters decided and democracy won. But it’s a mistake to think that this election cycle was a show of strength for democracy. It shows how vulnerable democracy is..”
Well well well
Hey @Guardian, is merely commenting on any of the above “well-funded cabal of powerful people” involved in a “shadow campaign” to “save the election” (direct quotes from the above Time Mag article) while *not taking sides* still a conspiracy theory to you?
Sad. https://twitter.com/maajidnawaz/status/1356334648436158466
Hey @Guardian, is merely commenting on any of the above “well-funded cabal of powerful people” involved in a “shadow campaign” to “save the election” (direct quotes from the above Time Mag article) while *not taking sides* still a conspiracy theory to you?
Sad. https://twitter.com/maajidnawaz/status/1356334648436158466
Many of us were persecuted for merely commenting on this without taking sides, and now they’re saying even *more* than certainly I ever said.
FML
FML
The sad part is, I maybe empathise (while not precisely agreeing) with the motives of this “well-funded cabal of powerful people” to “save the election”. But they made little attempt to understand our motives, let alone Trump voters’. This all needs ‘Truth & Reconciliation’ ASAP
