Comments by "Hobbs" (@hobbso8508) on "Biden Says Stimulus Checks Will Stay at $1,400" video.

  1. It really isn't. Inflation was higher this time last year.
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  2. @Voice Guy Or Trump cheated to even get 74 mil (not 75). Maybe he lost way harder than the numbers are showing because he cheated, then spent so long trying to prove fraud because he knew there was some there, because he's the one that did it.
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  3.  @BillyTheKidder  Why not. You claim Biden cheated to get votes. Maybe Trump was the cheat all along.
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  4.  @roo2221  If only there were a reason for people not to gather in large groups.....
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  5.  @BillyTheKidder  The 3am jump in votes was from them reporting votes en masse. They count them then update the numbers. This has been debunked by both Democrat's and Republicans present at the count. Maybe states did flip for Trump. Maybe he actually lost Florida but cheated for the win there, like he tried to in Georgia when he called the governor and asked him to "find" the exact number of votes he needed to win. Pretty sure people voted for Trump while not openly supporting him at a far higher rate given his abysmal approval rating. Maybe Biden supporters don't feel the need to fly a flag, but that hardly makes them pansies. You can represent an ideal without flags.
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  6.  @BillyTheKidder  "which as it happens was being told by a Biden voter that they were “scared of retaliation,” or in other words pansies." Sounds smart to me, as Trump voters tried to kidnap congress and killed a cop. "rather I understand the whole game is set up so it can be rigged by the two private organizations that run the show." Well sure. The Senate and the Electoral College should simply not work the way they do. They are completely undemocratic, as is the two-party system and gerrymandering. "It all doesn’t make sense, but most especially thinking the ‘loser’ rigged ‘the game.’" Neither does thinking the winner did. You have to go off the info provided. Especially when Trump has far more instances of attempting to rig the election, such as: Removing mail sorting machines from post office facilities months before the elections. Calling the Governor of Georgia to try and get him to "find" votes. Asking his supporters to stand up and "stop the count" of "illegal" votes. Trying to convince electoral college members to subvert their states. Convincing his supporters to storm the Capitol building to stop the confirmation of the Electoral College vote, even calling for Mike Pence's head and building a gallows. So I was in fact playing devil's advocate at your claim that the election was fishy. Well, more being obtuse actually. The truth is, Trump tried to cheat, and failed.
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  7.  YouTubeSucks AfatOne  it's really not. He was literally elected.
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  8.  @BillyTheKidder  You would be correct, assuming that was the only case of the right being violent, but there have been multiple instances of the right politically attacking the left. Take Charlottesville. Some white supremist drove his car through anti-Unite the Right protesters, killing 1 and injuring 28. These attacks are not uncommon, and the rhetoric of Trump's supporters in the last 12 years has only been increasing. "in which case arguing one party is better than another should seem ridiculous." Not really. Just because you have to choose between 2 things, doesn't make those things the same. For example: your choice of sandwich filling is Nutella or literal dog shit I found on the front lawn. Still 2 options, they even look similar, but obviously they are very different. I created that narrative to your response that the election results were fishy. They weren't, Biden won, and arguing Biden cheated is even less nonsensical than arguing Trump cheated. At least one side has the ability to show that the candidate at least attempted to cheat. Unless of course your comment was offhand and has nothing to do with a claim of cheating, which makes it a meaningless statement. You claim Biden cheated. Can you name some instances of his cheating?
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  9.  @BillyTheKidder  Your last comment said they rig the game, they cheat. So did Biden cheat or not. Moreover, did he cheat the system, or did he cheat within the system? Trump definitely tried the former, and partially succeeded. I agree that reasons fornnot wanting to shout your candidate from the rooftops are generally more personal. My point what that incidents like Charlottesville, various right wing shootings, the attack on the Capitol and other situations like that are just points in a huge web of various instances and rhetoric pushed by the right over the last 12 years. I would also point to the nationalistic style of support very common on the right, that requires a huge amount of chest thumping, something less nationalistic people tend to steer away from. You call it cowardice, I personally call the signs unnecessary. As for the sandwiches, it really doesn't matter what you consider either side, as long as you understand that a choice between 2 is not automatically a choice between 1.
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  10.  @BillyTheKidder  The historical evidence is that candidates with a more extreme following tend to attract people with more extreme beliefs and more extreme actions to fit those beliefs, such as covering your house in 20 Trump flags or flying the confederate battle flag. Biden supporters tend to steer away from such blatant displays of nationalism and what essentially amounts to thumping your chest like a gorilla to prove your point. They voted rather than shouted, and it worked. If you really want more examples I can give them, but arguing against it due to an insufficient number of points being made simply because you determined it so doesn't really help you case. Even if these were the only 2 newsworthy examples, it wouldn't really change much. But sure, by all means. I would like to preface this with the fact that Right-wing extremists perpetrated two thirds of the attacks and plots in the United States in 2019 and over 90 percent between January 1 and May 8, 2020. El Paso Walmart shooting 2020 boogaloo killings Kenosha protest shooting Poway synagogue shooting Jeffersontown Kroger shooting Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Planned parenthood shooting Portland train attack Charleston church shooting LAX shooting Attack on Pennsylvania State Police barracks 2018 mail bombing attempts These are just the public attacks in the name of right wing ideals. This says nothing for the hundreds of videos and actions of right wing supporters calling for action: Trump tweeted a video that included the statement "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat" Fox News claiming that "All the Democrats have is lying and deception" Dinesh D'Souza on Larry King claiming that the Democratic left are fascists Trump proclaiming that only his supporters are true American patriots Numerous videos questions and attacking Colin Kaepernick as a thug Numerous videos of people being shot, choked and beaten by the police without repercussions Militia groups actively preparing for civil war in the lead up to the 2020 election Increased KKK signups and marches The direct attacks and lies about Obama including: Calling him a Muslim and saying he swore in on a Quran Claiming he was born in Kenya Saying he is the literal coming of the anti-christ Calling him Satan Trump co-chair wishing death on Obama Syracuse "hang Obama" threats Warning ISIS of incoming airstrikes before they happened Failed to stockpile ventilators Obama Foundation owns mail-in ballot printers Obama's full name means COVID (seriously, these are just bizarre) The Capitol attack was just a culmination of years of rhetoric coming crashing down as Trump supporters angrily reach stage 2 of their grief journey. They probably won't get much past that either. Add to all of this the fact that conservative gun ownership, violence and terrorism are all increasing, and have been increasing for over a decade, at a steady rate. Rhetoric from these conservative groups has been growing steadily. The silent majority is a thing and they voted accordingly. Also, again, not that this matters, as the absence of what you consider to be an appropriate number of examples is not indicative of there being no issue.
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  11.  @Sara-he4dn  That happened by increasing the national debt by trillions. Trump lowered taxes and increased spending to inflate the market temporarily. It's a dangerous and unsustainable growth model that costs the taxpayers in the long run. Bush did the exact same thing, and look what happened at the end of his presidency. COVID just accelerated the inevitable under Trump.
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