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> ... he won't respect the election if he loses.

You mean like all the people protesting against Trump?

Don't be obtuse. College students painting banners is a far cry from a presidential candidate refusing to concede an election over imagined vote fraud. And there is a strong chance that's what Trump would have done.

Protestors are doing much worse than "painting banners". Like hanging and beheading an effigy of Trump [0]

~~0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kht_qNBXzbU~~ (wrong video)

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpUvZLZ6axM

That video was posted back in March, during the Republican primaries. I have no idea why you think it's related to the protests this week.

My mistake, I was searching for an independent video quickly and linked the wrong one. Thanks for pointing that out.

This is the incident from yesterday that I heard about and was searching for video of:

> Heads roll in the streets of Los Angeles as a large Donald Trump effigy was set on fire by protesters the day after he was elected president.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/11/10/donald-trump-e...

> College students painting banners

If that was it then you were right. Even European newspapers who rooted for Clinton report looting and fires.

I will partially excuse the protestors for that because in any big protest you will always draw people looking for an opportunity to just do something bad. However, with people like Joe Stump advocating violence I cannot believe all of the violence isn't random bad actors.

Concede? Like how Al Gore conceded? Yes, perhaps Trump would have challenged the results.

However, that won't be necessary, as Trump can now honestly attest that the elections aren't rigged.

I'm not sure if we can make that assertion, given the Deep State is safely ensconced regardless of which figurehead is offered up for our worship and ridicule. How does the old chestnut go, something about how if voting made a difference they wouldn't let us...

Al gore lost by margins that triggered automatic recounts.

Vs saying weeks before hand that the election is going to be rigged, I can only lose if it is rigged, etc...

> Deflecting

Peaceful protesters aren't presidential candidates threatening to not respect the vote.

How does that justify giving a pass to the terrible things Trump has said and done?

It wouldn't justify Trump doing it, but I'm curious if you supported blackballing Al Gore after he contested the 2000 election with a lawsuit. I've heard a lot of people complain about the Supreme Court, but rarely complain about Al Gore himself for contesting.

Al Gore contesting the Florida count with a 537 margin for victory is different than "if i don't win, it means its rigged"

These protests are more of the 'Fuck that guy!', and not the 'The elections were rigged, storm the White House!' kind that the right threatened.

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