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Originally Posted by GirlySports
It's tradition, and bigger than that, it's something that legitimizes the outcome. While I doubt we see an armed uprising here, it is often the outcome in other "democracies."
I think there is a real concern he could foment unrest and violence (deliberately or not) among his more unhinged supporters. He's already obliquely encouraged violence against Hillary (but not so directly that he could be prosecuted for it). It's not hyperbole to worry that things could get real ugly in November.
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The whole reason we don't see armed insurrection here is that everyone accepts the legitimacy of the vote, it's insanely dangerous rhetoric that could easily create the conditions for civil war a few decades down the road if it becomes a normal part of the US's political discourse.