I think when they mean “the land” they are referring to a pretty common argument about how not all votes count equally because of the way states are populated and congresspeople are appointed. Someone living in a city in California has diluted voting power compared to someone in Alaska because of population density. This is often reduced to a pithy refrain about “the land” getting votes.
I do agree that being upset that stupid people get to vote is not pro democracy.
“Convicted felon” is something Trump is. That term has nothing to do with serving time, despite the word “convict” sometimes meaning that. People would often type out “convicted felon Donald Trump” and this was shortened. Clearly you were able to deduce from context clues what they were talking about.
EC is a pretty common abbreviation for “electoral college” when already talking about politics.
The fact you’re unfamiliar with the landmass argument and EC and they are casually using them seems to indicate that they are more familiar with US political culture and contributes to the idea they are not lying about their location.
I don’t know where you’re from, but if you’re keen on protecting trumps image I’d do some introspection.
You not understanding the sentence makes sense if you are not familiar with the way people speak about it day-to-day. It would be like asking what the point of a no kings protest is, considering America doesn’t actually have a king. It’s OK to not understand or ask the question, but people locally understand what they are saying. It’s not a failing of the original commenter that an international audience doesn’t follow their complaint about local politics.
I’m not asking or expecting you to keep up with all the acronyms, but accusing someone of lying about being American because you don’t understand what they are talking about as a non American is just a weird thing to do.
When they are talking about the electoral college in that sense, they are likely talking about the fact that in Trump’s first run if we did not have the electoral college he would have lost. He lost the popular vote, and the distribution of those votes via the electoral college is what actually caused the win. Again, this is a pretty common talking point in the United States.
I think when they mean “the land” they are referring to a pretty common argument about how not all votes count equally because of the way states are populated and congresspeople are appointed. Someone living in a city in California has diluted voting power compared to someone in Alaska because of population density. This is often reduced to a pithy refrain about “the land” getting votes.
I do agree that being upset that stupid people get to vote is not pro democracy.
“Convicted felon” is something Trump is. That term has nothing to do with serving time, despite the word “convict” sometimes meaning that. People would often type out “convicted felon Donald Trump” and this was shortened. Clearly you were able to deduce from context clues what they were talking about.
EC is a pretty common abbreviation for “electoral college” when already talking about politics.
The fact you’re unfamiliar with the landmass argument and EC and they are casually using them seems to indicate that they are more familiar with US political culture and contributes to the idea they are not lying about their location.
I don’t know where you’re from, but if you’re keen on protecting trumps image I’d do some introspection.
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You not understanding the sentence makes sense if you are not familiar with the way people speak about it day-to-day. It would be like asking what the point of a no kings protest is, considering America doesn’t actually have a king. It’s OK to not understand or ask the question, but people locally understand what they are saying. It’s not a failing of the original commenter that an international audience doesn’t follow their complaint about local politics.
I’m not asking or expecting you to keep up with all the acronyms, but accusing someone of lying about being American because you don’t understand what they are talking about as a non American is just a weird thing to do.
When they are talking about the electoral college in that sense, they are likely talking about the fact that in Trump’s first run if we did not have the electoral college he would have lost. He lost the popular vote, and the distribution of those votes via the electoral college is what actually caused the win. Again, this is a pretty common talking point in the United States.