cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21109313

I went to vote today in Georgia USA. People showed up wearing bed sheets over them. What is this supposed to communicate exactly??

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[–] [S] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This is not my picture; I only crossposted it (original was in !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world ). I also only did so because it was apparently being deleted and I wanted it not to be lost (sorry if it's a loose fit for the community because of that).

According to OP, it was an early voting location in Georgia. The thread was deleted 9 hours after being posted, with a score of 125 and 36 comments.

Edit: the deletion my not be as nefarious as I assumed; there's a similar thread in this community that (as I write this) still exists. https://lemmy.world/post/21116630

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Weird, your linked post seems to be gone now

    Edit: actually, I can't find any of the original posts. And when I try to Google it I can't find anything either. Wtf

    Edit 2: okay, it took some digging but by searching all of Lemmy by comments and filtering by time, I was able to find the two original posts. Both have been deleted, I assume by moderators? And I can't find anything when I reverse Google search the image. Something smells fishy. For SEO: Georgia election; election interference; voter intimidation; KKK; sheets; ghosts; early voting; Cobb County

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This time I had the foresight to take screenshots:

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Damn, looks like you're super popular or something! 😄

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It looks like I don't mark my messages read, LOL.

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  • [+] -12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm sorry but some white sheets + sunglasses is absolutely not resembling the KKK in any way, especially since everyone in the US is already dressing up for Halloween. This seems to be just overblown drama. Some dumbos probably thought they'd make some funny ghost voting video for tictok or something, not knowing the rules. Claiming this to be some sort of intimidation attempt is just a fragile victim complex.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You really can't see how wearing sheets to a voting station in a state with deep historical ties to the KKK could be perceived poorly?

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So people in that state are not allowed to dress up as ghosts?

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You try to use this as a reason to not sound like a bigot, but you're just meaning to say "yes".

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Nope, in almost every context it's fine to dress up as a ghost. A polling station An in person voting location in Georgia is one of the only exceptions.

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  • [+] -12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because polling stations are places for Nazis.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What the fuck are you talking about

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You are absolutely not allowed to film or disturb a place of voting.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I never said anything implying the opposite. But filming also does not make you a Nazi either.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    In the US, fucking with voting is very much Nazi behavior.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They weren't "fucking with voting" and even left when they got told off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right... That's why they were allowed to stay.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They weren't allowed to stay because they were filming. I'm struggling to apply Hanlon's razor to you right now, since you sound like you're arguing in bad faith just for the sake of arguing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm struggling to get you to understand how bringing a camera to a secret ballot is disruptive.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm struggling to get YOU to understand how that does not make you a Klan member.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're the one who even brought that up? Nobody is claiming that.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, I was not. The person I was replying to was doing that, which is where you decided to disagree. Maybe work on your reading comprehension before you join comment chains for completely random reasons.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I see, well you're wrong. On every count.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Always double down when proven wrong. The true mastery of the fool.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can't tell if the original post is an elaborate hoax with a link that never worked in the first place or if something is legit happening. Why would there be lines to vote already? Maybe I'm naive and early voting is that difficult in Georgia that people are lining up now. I don't know, my ballot gets mailed to me by default and I can just walk up and drop it off any time up until polls close on election day. This feels like it's a post to sow discord but 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    There wasn't much of a line at 7:00 a.m. a week ago when I voted in that same building, but last year it took me half an hour or so to get up to the door. It's also typically a little longer wait on weekends.

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