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leftieNanner

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2. Whoa!! That was pretty furry!

Reply to malchickiwick (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2020, 12:48 PM

May 2020

I think you should write a LTE in response. There are a lot of topics that deserve your attention, but I think the one that you might mention is the "ballot harvesting" for Vote By Mail. The only instance of ballot harvesting that has been caught, investigated and prosecuted in recent years was done by republican operatives in North Carolina. Utah (a very red state) has been voting by mail for a long time with no problems. They are trying to demonize VBM now so that when Ass Face loses in November, they can point to that and try to change the results.

It is sad that your local paper gave this guy a Guest Opinion spot to spread his disinformation.

Go for it!!

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I am shocked and appalled at this breitbart-worthy piece in my small local community newspaper. [View all] malchickiwick May 2020 OP

He sounds like one of those guys who are small-town tough- dawg day May 2020 #1

Whoa!! That was pretty furry! leftieNanner May 2020 #2

Response on same page: "Science smashes coronavirus conspiracy theories" mrsadm May 2020 #3

Wow. FM123 May 2020 #4

Guess who owns it... JHB May 2020 #5

:) Good check. Just looked, though, and although Adelson Hortensis May 2020 #7

Thanks. I'd forgotten about Adelson. HUGE prick. malchickiwick May 2020 #14

Well, it is an opinion piece, not an article. Huge difference, Hortensis May 2020 #6

He also appears to be a fairly regular contributor or columnist JHB May 2020 #9

Yes, hardly admirable. He apparently does the "police blotter" Hortensis May 2020 #11

I agree it is opinion and not news. I'm just appalled that a small-town paper malchickiwick May 2020 #12

Agree completely too. Hortensis May 2020 #18

Not speaking out against this stuff is how we end up with Donnie Short Fingers maxrandb May 2020 #8

Not just science Bev54 May 2020 #10

You can reply calmly, with facts cp May 2020 #13

Thanks! The "calmly" part will be the hardest. malchickiwick May 2020 #15

Yes, calm is challenging, but it will convince most. cp May 2020 #16

Yes. Need to sleep on it for sure! Great advice! malchickiwick May 2020 #21

These stupid fuckers forget it's a global pandemic ismnotwasm May 2020 #17

He must think Trump is completely incompetent then. pamela May 2020 #19

Besides everything else, I'm curious as to where he gets his stats. Jim__ May 2020 #20

So, what you do Chainfire May 2020 #22