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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx

      Republicans firing on Ft. Sumter would be a pretty big 180

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    2. John Cavnar-Johnson  🌹‏ @WilliamOckhamTx 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Pinboard @zeynep

      What I am trying to get across to you is that your understanding of what is driving the U. S. political situation is fundamentally out of sync with the main drivers. That means you are underestimating the risks here.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @WilliamOckhamTx @Pinboard

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      “It’s all words” applies to me, not to legislators, attorney generals or courts—their “words” are how we’re ruled. https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1337470383205855234 …

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    4. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx

      I get it, three coups before breakfast and another for lunch. But I bet you the formal Electoral College vote on Monday goes on unimpeded and without a fuss, and on through the swearing in and so on

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

      You have a very weird definition of "without a fuss."

      2 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
    6. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx

      The fuss here is political theater targeted at a specific audience. When I go to see a play and someone gets shot in Act IV, my decision about whether to call 911 is going to depend very heavily about whether it takes place on stage or out in the audience.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

      It's not "political theater" to convince 70+ million people that their electoral victory was stolen, their votes nullified, through outright fraud, led by the guy about to be sworn in with the cooperation even of some Republicans.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

      Or you have a very strange definition of "political theater."

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    9. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx

      I contend that that's the very essence of political theater. It has no chance of achieving its ostensible aim, but is a orchestrated performance in front of the 45% or whatever it is of American voters who will now believe this in perpetuity, and vote accordingly next time.

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    10. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Pinboard @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx

      It's not good, or healthy, or Christmas come early to see a big chunk of Congress decide to participate in the 2021 version of birtherism. But let's not treat a cynical political performance as a bona fide attempt to steal an election. That's offensive to real election stealers!

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

      I see them failing, I don't see the lack of trying. What else would you like them to try? "It was all murder theater, your honor, my aim sucks, especially after I had a few, so I may have pulled the trigger while aiming I didn't manage to shoot the alleged victim."

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        1. The Competence Tank Is Empty‏ @aspirational_no 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

          Never take it seriously until it's too late to do anything about it.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mark Joseph Stern

          Also the idea that they're not even close is not true.https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1337065477412106240 …

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          Mark Joseph SternVerified account @mjs_DC
          Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas tried to block a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on the basis of a truly radical constitutional theory. SCOPA extended the mail ballot deadline by three days; all four justices thought that was unconstitutional. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/supreme-court-pennsylvania-election-late-ballots.html?via=recirc_recent …
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        3. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx

          I would believe this was a serious effort had they tried mounting a credible legal challenge before the safe harbor deadline, or a serious state legislative effort now. The fact that it's Rita Hart and not Trump who is closest to overturning an election tells me it's unserious

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        2. Gordon Guthrie‏ @gordonguthrie 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx

          during the war in Northern Ireland the aconstitutional parties won only 30% of the minority community's vote, only 11% of the vote and they paralysed politics for 30 years

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        3. Gordon Guthrie‏ @gordonguthrie 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @gordonguthrie @zeynep and

          If Trump can make 25% of the electorate aconstitutional the US is in a world of pain, and he seems to have suceeded

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