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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Craig Calcaterra‏Verified account @craigcalcaterra Apr 6
      Replying to @GOOCH1701 @bandrews_brian and

      It’s literally the conclusion of the article. See what happens when you don’t have election protections!”

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    2. Donald Gooch‏ @GOOCH1701 Apr 6
      Replying to @craigcalcaterra @bandrews_brian and

      The point of the article was to note an irony, and the irony is that MLB’s own All-Star voting has been legitimately doubted bc it was susceptible to fraud/abuse. U can make that point w/o arguing these systems are the same, the fraud is the same, so we need the same solution.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    3. Craig Calcaterra‏Verified account @craigcalcaterra Apr 6
      Replying to @GOOCH1701 @bandrews_brian and

      There is nothing ironic here. This is a hamfisted effort at whataboutism, which is the writer’s go-to move and has been for years.

      3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    4. Donald Gooch‏ @GOOCH1701 Apr 6
      Replying to @craigcalcaterra @bandrews_brian and

      I don't see how it is whataboutism. That would require something along the lines of "X is bad" and then DM: "oh you think X is bad, well what about Y?" Which is a diversion, since it sidesteps addressing the point that X is bad. Where do you see that here?

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Craig Calcaterra‏Verified account @craigcalcaterra Apr 6
      Replying to @GOOCH1701 @bandrews_brian and

      “Major League Baseball is making a political stand against the Georgia election law but actually its own elections are bad” is about as clear cut a tu quoque argument as can be.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. Donald Gooch‏ @GOOCH1701 Apr 6
      Replying to @craigcalcaterra @bandrews_brian and

      If your point is that MLB’s hypocrisy does not make MLB’s position on the GA law necessarily false, I agree. But @baseballcrank didn’t argue that their hypocrisy made them wrong, he argued that they’re wrong, & why they are wrong can be illustrated by the problems in AS voting.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Craig Calcaterra‏Verified account @craigcalcaterra Apr 6
      Replying to @GOOCH1701 @bandrews_brian and

      There is no remotely logical link between MLB's ASG voting and Georgia's voting. They have zero to do with one another. Throwing them together in a column like this is deliberate and disingenuous slight of hand in a lazy effort to make a false equivalence and suggest hypocrisy.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    8. Donald Gooch‏ @GOOCH1701 Apr 6
      Replying to @craigcalcaterra @bandrews_brian and

      Both involve mass voting. Both present issues of verification (email verification, voter ID), & in both cases the integrity of the results are tied to faith in the system. Wouldn’t be enough for a direct A-A comparison, but in service to the BBC’s point - it is logically coherent

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    9. Craig Calcaterra‏Verified account @craigcalcaterra Apr 6
      Replying to @GOOCH1701 @bandrews_brian and

      Yeah, most of that is not even remotely true, but I'm too tired to have to explain to you what MLB is actually trying to do with its All-Star voting. But Dan knows and he dishonestly ignores it because there is some equivalency to falsify.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Donald Gooch‏ @GOOCH1701 Apr 6
      Replying to @craigcalcaterra @bandrews_brian and

      Fair enough.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Apr 6
      Replying to @GOOCH1701 @craigcalcaterra and

      Craig is flailing because he's out of practice encountering opposing arguments. I'm happy to engage directly, but he's not gonna do that.

      7:46 PM - 6 Apr 2021
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