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??

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    13 hours ago

    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

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
        11·
        2 hours ago

        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.

        • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 hour ago

          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?

    • pezmaker @sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      13 hours ago

      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 🤷‍♂️