It doesn't matter what people believe. They believe that because they heard it said over and over and over again. Like children being indoctinated about religion. They just believe it because for fucking 8 months straight all they heard was "If I don't win, it's because they cheated!! The election is rigged against me!" And people heard it so many times, day after day, that eventually they just believed it, with every morsel of their being--colloquially this became known as a "truthism".
@malfeasance isn't saying that the video was STAGED, as in, they hired actors to do this stuff. He's saying it's just random footage of people submitting their ballots, legitimately, that doesn't even come close to lining up with the ping-geolocation data from the cell phones of the purported ballot stuffers or whatever you want to call them.
I'm not sure if you're aware, but the election IS still being investigated...and it's actually Trump's team that is being investigated for a plethora of cheating-like activities. Setting up false electors? Please do explain to me how that is not blatant cheating. Republicans in multiple states are being sued for submitting their own electors, literally trying to lie their way into winning. The DOJ is investigating this because the claim is reputable and legitimate and PROVEN--unlike this movie.
2 Legitimate WI electors sue Trump-backed fake electors.
This also happened in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania...
here is the full list if you are interested.
Trump also tried to cheat by replacing the postmaster General with a crony who would force mail sorting machines to be decommissioned, slowing down mail so mail-in ballots (which were assumed to be primarily democratic supporters) wouldn't get counted.
How about Florida? The hardcore right wing governor decided that ANY Floridians with felony records would be ineligible to vote unless they paid back all their outstanding court fines and fees--which is just a stupid, senseless thing to do and completely just an obvious way to eliminate votes on the liberal/democratic side.
Need I mention the gerrymandering?
The Republicans have cheated continuously throughout the years.
I guarantee you the democrats have done some shady stuff too. But do you really think anyone would be STUPID enough to pay a random person off the street to commit fraud by stuffing ballot boxes? That is just retarded!
YES I want to have legitimate, elections that we can trust and know the results are held up with integrity.
What I want is a fucking receipt after I vote, showing who I voted for--like those scantron tests you used to take in school with the numbered lines and then A B C D E, etc. I want a receipt that, if necessary, I can submit to be manually counted or re-ran through the scanner.
Honestly, you say you look at both sides, but you obviously don't. You don't even objectively look at your own side, you take in the most biased information possible and take it as the truth. Then rag on others for using common sense and critical thinking to debunk your claims, saying they are illegitimate because they're "left wing talking points".
So with that, I am fucking done with this conversation. I have given you a plethora of valuable information. If you truly want to be unbiased you'll give it a read and think it over and wait a day to respond. Sleep on it. Good luck to you.