# Please tell me I am a fool

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999 "2020-11-19T23:31:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999/32 "2020-11-20T14:56:51Z")

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Here’s a relevant post I made in “The American Coup” thread. Bottom line-- I don’t think there will be a coup, but you’re not a fool to be concerned.

> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/581):
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> Yeah, when I first saw this thread, I thought it was a bit hyperbolic. I still don’t think an actual coup will take place, but the fact that things have gone as far as they have is just insane. American Democracy has been severely damaged already, no matter what happens now. trump is really scorching the earth on the way out. I’m deeply embarrassed for my state of Michigan: first the 2 Repub Wayne county canvassers refuse to certify the Wayne County vote (I mean, the Detroit portion-- they wer…

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