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16. How do they KNOW the votes werent changed?

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Tue Mar 20, 2018, 05:53 PM

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Well, now we know why the voter rolls were hacked. [View all] Tatiana Mar 2018 OP

PSYOP- Psychological Operations...Psych WARFARE. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #1

Yes. This is weaponizing SOCIAL MEDIA. (nt) apnu Mar 2018 #2

I'd call it a form of cyber terrorism. Initech Mar 2018 #65

Its a bit of that, its also propaganda apnu Mar 2018 #72

OMG! I bet that's dead right. Squinch Mar 2018 #3

So would the theft of someone's campaign voter data Wwcd Mar 2018 #4

Looks like it... Tatiana Mar 2018 #6

I Love How Every Single Time They State...."NO VOTES WERE CHANGED" SoCalMusicLover Mar 2018 #5

Present even the slightest bit of evidence votes were changed mythology Mar 2018 #8

+1 PDittie Mar 2018 #14

I don't think it was about changing people's preferences central scrutinizer Mar 2018 #26

This is a fair point, because PDittie Mar 2018 #44

I disagree. The way the election was won using the electoral college indicates that Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #56

There are no space for rationel arguments right now... TomVilmer Mar 2018 #18

Gotta wash socks. BBL. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #76

That history orangecrush Mar 2018 #20

I have but ONE thing to say to you, ORANGECRUSH... The_REAL_Ecumenist Mar 2018 #38

Thanks! orangecrush Mar 2018 #47

I 2nd that OhNo-Really Mar 2018 #51

That sounds just like those pro Trumpstrs who claim there is no evidence Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #30

I'm in North Carolina Captain Stern Mar 2018 #41

Greene in South Carolina Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #48

Somewhat non-sensical PDittie Mar 2018 #45

BradBlog always interesting to read OhNo-Really Mar 2018 #52

Why else would they do it? Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #55

They hacked the votes too WestIndianArchie Mar 2018 #58

Yes, as mentioned PDittie Mar 2018 #59

In states where the votes only existed, briefly, as electrons... Orsino Mar 2018 #62

yep; i can't believe that anybody thinks that voting on computers with proprietary software, owned b TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #70

present the slightest bit of evidence that they WEREN'T. oh yeah, there isn't any, because there was TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #69

The Jill Stein vote was a product of targeting Bernie voters. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #77

You And I Are Thinking Alike On This..... global1 Mar 2018 #9

It isn't necessary to change votes when you can remove your opponents voters from the DB. n/t rainin Mar 2018 #33

Bingo. As if we're supposed to believe the hackers went to all that trouble... brush Mar 2018 #40

Maybe they're saying NO VOTES WERE CHANGED because there's NO EVIDENCE THEY WERE? brooklynite Mar 2018 #54

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THEY WEREN'T; some of us aren't as trusting as you are. some of us TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #71

Cross check Cambridge Analytica's collected... magicarpet Mar 2018 #7

California becasue they were trying for a Cal-Exit movement? Texas too? bettyellen Mar 2018 #10

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you have it exactly right. Tatiana Mar 2018 #11

I don't like Cal-Exit, but I do think that if the rest of the country wants to keep Sophia4 Mar 2018 #21

The so-called Cal-Exit movement Mr.Bill Mar 2018 #25

I know that. Also that Russia connected people were behind it. They sow just enough chaos to bettyellen Mar 2018 #28

Are you saying they have damaged Mr.Bill Mar 2018 #29

No one knows what they did to or with voter reg files yet. They pollute the discourse bettyellen Mar 2018 #36

He has spent time in Russia, but he was born in New York. Mr.Bill Mar 2018 #39

"insert it into the bloodstream' is the exact words they used. Poison the blood. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #32

Exactly- they create controversial stuff then have pols point to it as if it is real! bettyellen Mar 2018 #37

All state and federal officials who spoke to NBC News agree that no votes were changed and no voters spanone Mar 2018 #12

Yes, Yes & Yes! peggysue2 Mar 2018 #13

We all knew social media was influential but we just didn't know how BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #15

How do they KNOW the votes werent changed? AllyCat Mar 2018 #16

I don't think they **know** Tatiana Mar 2018 #19

They don't. triron Mar 2018 #22

Because one cannot prove a negative PDittie Mar 2018 #24

Thanks to all the philosophers on the case here AllyCat Mar 2018 #50

You're welcome! PDittie Mar 2018 #53

You're asking to prove a negative. A logical fallacy. bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #27

well then why do people keep claiming they know that no votes were changed? especially when there TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #68

K&R. dchill Mar 2018 #17

Louise Mensch, the unhinged British Witch, has been writing about this since at least April 1, 2017. pnwmom Mar 2018 #23

Ahhh, yes peggysue2 Mar 2018 #42

As NC GOP was using CAmbridge Analytica spike91nz Mar 2018 #31

Not sure what you mean by voter's data, Mr.Bill Mar 2018 #35

But Michael Moore said this Russia stuff is all just "a distraction" ehrnst Mar 2018 #34

Very disappointing. Walk and chew gum, Michael. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #49

Kickin and reccin backtoblue Mar 2018 #43

Nope. But he did congratulate Putin on his **awesome** victory! Tatiana Mar 2018 #46

That is what presidents do... TomVilmer Mar 2018 #57

They try to break into everything Amishman Mar 2018 #60

"Steve Bannon returns to Breitbart: 'I've got my hands back on my weapons'" Orsino Mar 2018 #61

Yep- That quote/article from the OP is very revealing in this new light. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #63

He specifically said "weapons." Tatiana Mar 2018 #64

I'll repeat my initial post- PSYOP- Psychological Operations...Psych WARFARE. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #74

I yelled - a LOT - at my polling place in 2016. raven mad Mar 2018 #66

What state? Tatiana Mar 2018 #67

Alaska - Interior (Fairbanks) raven mad Mar 2018 #75

Question Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2018 #73

Nonsense Crabby Appleton Mar 2018 #78