
<p>With most issues that impact most people – inflation, shortages, crime, border security – working against Democrats, they have relied on a strategy of hyperbolic fearmongering. ; Their central theme – and you hear it constantly – is that any Republican election victory is a threat to democracy – to the very existence of the 270-year-old American Republic.</p>



<p>Democrats advance that ridiculous hypothesis as the sole basis for voting. ; “Democracy is in the balance,” they say. ; The only way to save the Republic is to “crush the GOP” according to Eugene Robinson, <em>Washington Post</em> writer and MSNBC “Morning Joe” regular. ; Another “Morning Joe” regular &#8212; so-called “branding expert” Donny Deutsch &#8212; says that Democrats should call out Republicans as “nutcases,” “crazies.” and “evil.” ; He openly says the Democrats have to scare the hell out of the voters.</p>



<p>The Democrat strategy claims that saving democracy from future coup attempts – or at least imaginary scary coup attempts &#8212; Is the most important issue in the history of the nation – given hyperbole a whole new definition. ; ;</p>



<p>They identify this Legion of the Devils as anyone who believes that the 2020 election was stolen – or at least will say they believe. ; Also condemned are those who take an agnostic view – refusing to be dragged into the controversy.</p>



<p>Democrats and their media lackies go on to say that candidates who express an opinion about the validity of the 2020 election – even a doubt— are part of an ongoing insurrection, an attempt to carry out a future coup against the American government. ; Ergo, they are unfit to serve in any public office. ; ;</p>



<p>Democrat media hacks have even come up with a list of more than 200 of what they brand “election deniers.” ; The list grows each day. ; The last count was 300.</p>



<p>They more than imply that these “election deniers” are a front for an unspecified number of armed insurrectionists lurking in every corner of America – poised to take to the streets at the call of President Trump. ; According to the Democrats, all Republicans represent an existential threat to the Republic.</p>



<p>There is no better example of political cynicism than the fact that Democrats spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support the campaigns of those they deemed dangerous. ; Some of those they support will soon be elected to office legitimately – and they can claim bipartisan support. ; How funny is that?</p>



<p>The Democrat narrative of impending insurrection is a fantasy worthy of a Hollywood thriller, but unworthy of serious political dialogue and honest journalism.</p>



<p>So, what if people believe the 2020 election was not legit? ; There are some folks who still believe that President Kennedy beat Vice President Nixon in 1960 through political skullduggery in Illinois and Texas. ; Many still believe that President George W. Bush stole the 2000 election. ; Some historians still argue that President Hayes won the 1876 presidential election by a corrupt deal – the Compromise of 1877.</p>



<p>Some folks put me inappropriately into the category of “election denier” because I have never expressed a definitive opinion on the subject of the 2020 election – and I do not intend to do so. ; I avoided doing so because I see no value in getting into a highly emotional political debate that is purely academic. ; ;</p>



<p>Joe Biden is the legitimate and constitutional President of the United States &#8212; not because of the vote count, ; but because he won in the Electoral College. ; That is the determinant – never the popular vote. ; If you are confused, read the constitution.</p>



<p>The opinion of people will not change the 2020 outcome. ; Nor will that opinion have undue influence on the work of “deniers” who get elected to various offices – and indications are that the majority will. ; For the most part – maybe totally – they will be elected to office in honest local elections at the will of the voters. ; That IS small-r republican democracy.</p>



<p>In an attempt to pump a level of credibility into their specious narrative of a future coup attempt, Democrats suggest that future elections will be rigged by these “election deniers.” ; In other words, individuals who are deeply concerned and committed to election integrity – correctly or wrongly in terms of 2020 – are going to be a leading force to take over America by force. That scenario Is not only not real, but also not even possible.</p>



<p>One of the strengths of the American democratic process is the protected freedom to have opinions – even unpopular or offensive opinions. ; Even wrong ones. ; Attempting to shun, cancel or demonize people with bogus speculative narratives is a far greater danger to personal freedom than a few souls with opinions with which others might disagree.</p>



<p>Since the opinions of those so-called “election deniers” are retrospective, they have little meaning to the present or the future. ; If we were debating whether to bomb Moscow or not, THAT would have real ramifications in the coming election. ; But making opinions about the 2020 election is beating the proverbial dead horse.</p>



<p>The 2020 election is over &#8212; settled. Opinions about it are like a barroom fight. ; It can be chaotic – and needlessly heated &#8212; but it has no productive value.  ; Fortunately, the voters get it – and the Democrat&#8217;s scary Halloween narrative is falling flat.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Does it matter what folks believe about the 2020 election?
