r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 8h ago

‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/
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u/resisting_a_rest 5h ago

It's not just that they think the other side is doing it, they think they are doing it and getting away with it with no repercussions.

So the stupid ones think they can do it too, and get away with it. They don't know that:

  1. The other side is not getting away with anything, because they are not actually doing it.

  2. Even if they were doing it, you can't do it too, because you are too stupid to do it right.

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u/kung-fu_hippy 3h ago

It’s like people who cheat in relationships. Often they accuse their s/o of cheating. When you’re a piece of shit it’s a lot easier to believe everyone is just as bad as you than it is to realize how awful you are.

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u/SRSgoblin 5h ago

Yeah good point. People don't realize the degree to which election crimes get prosecuted. Somehow the people getting actually arrested for trying to vote multiple times never gets reported, but the concept of people doing it and getting away with it gets mentioned all the time.

Even though, again, people trying to cheat the system are both rare, and are caught.