• polonius-rex@kbin.run
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    4 months ago

    can you show an election where somebody in the polling position of biden has come back to win it?

    non-us election cycles are shorter than the time that’s left i don’t think it’s an impossible hurdle

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      4 months ago

      I don’t have to show evidence for a claim I did not make.

      You, however, made this claim: it’s better to have an unknown than a known candidate that people don’t like.

      Can you back it up with evidence or not?

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        4 months ago

        the commenter you’re replying to now isn’t the one who made that claim, and for some reason they aren’t speaking up to clarify that about themselves.

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        4 months ago

        i think it’s weird that you think you’re allowed to infer claims from my position but that i’m not allowed to infer claims from yours

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          4 months ago

          I didn’t infer anything. You made a direct claim that you aren’t backing up. I quoted it. I have made no claims.

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            4 months ago

            you didn’t quote anything?

            please could you quote the exact words you believe i used to express “it’s better to have an unknown than a known candidate that people don’t like.”?

            thank you

            • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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              4 months ago

              that was the original statement Flying Squid was replying to before you joined in the thread, Squid just didn’t seem to notice that you’re not the same commenter.

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                4 months ago

                i feel like i’m taking crazy pills

                somebody tells me they’ve quoted my words, and they haven’t, and i ask them to clarify, and i’m sealioning?

                no, they’re just full of shit

                what are you talking about?

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                  4 months ago

                  I think there may be some confusion on Flying Squid’s part about who they’re questioning. I believe (and hopefully, I’m reading this correctly) Flying Squid is looking for clarification from Bostonbananarama and you just happened to chime in with a related point? This Crowdstrike B.S. got e’erybody fucked up on no-change Friday.