Tuesday November 8, 2022 is Election Day in the United States of America. In addition to Congressional "midterms" at the federal level, many state governors and other more local offices are up for grabs. Given how things shook out over Election Day 2020, things could get a little crazy.
...or, perhaps, not! But here's the Megathread for if they do. Talk about your local concerns, your national predictions, your suspicions re: election fraud and interference, how you plan to vote, anything election related is welcome here. Culture War thread rules apply, with the addition of Small-Scale Questions and election-related "Bare Links" allowed in this thread only (unfortunately, there will not be a subthread repository due to current technical limitations).
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I personally think it is entirely within the power of the mainstream democrat/left wing to reign in their extremists (excepting that last 1-3% of real hardcore who will just lash out regardless) with a little bit of carrot and stick (emphasis on stick) but there's seemingly very little political will to do so. Not the least because the leaders of the party are likely insulated from any impact they could cause.
It's definitely a major risk of couching your side as the 'resistance' and letting your people train in political insurgency since those tactics can be turned against you when you try to bring them back into the fold.
Something something we have to arm the moderate rebels to fight the radical ones.
(disclaimer: I have ceased to care about what the radical left or right get up to, as long as it is far away from me and my family. I live in a safe neighborhood in a safe town)
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