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The Trouble With Truth

Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago to Philosophy
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One of the cute little tricks of the left that I have detected recently is to attribute a truth to a universally recognized villain, thus, in their minds, neutralizing the validity of that truth. But does it? Truth: That which corresponds to reality. Truth stands alone no matter who says it. It doesn't matter if that truth is presented by Rand or by Hitler, the truth stays true no matter who says it. If a truth is mouthed by George Soros, after it has been espoused by Ayn Rand, it does not negate that truth. The truth may be tainted in some minds because it was said by a villain. Do not be fooled. And remember this, one of the very worse things you can do is to refuse to recognize the truth because you don't like it.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "I feel like I'm drowning in irrelevancies."
    It seems politics is now about searching for some technicality under which someone broke the law. I remember it being more about the policies twenty years ago. The budget debate after the Republicans took control of Congress was not Lincoln-Douglas, but it was about policy differences. Now discourse is more about finding a reason to lock up the other candidate for accidentally violating some law.
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  • Posted by StevenRaketic 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Agreed, and I am ready to stop arguing completely. I had to post on my FB, "whatever, you all are on your own." I haven't lost faith in Trump yet as I can attribute what I consider mistakes to be lack of knowledge and proper guidance. As long as he continues to make proper moral and ethical decisions showing that he has a conscience then he has my support and I hope he doesn't get offed in the process. The irrelevancies are just another stall tactic by everyone involved, and I'm kinda happy they are making it plain to see that Republicans and Democrats of the progressive movement are really working together to stall everything against Trump. At this time I consider Trump to be right and true, anyone opposed to be wrong and false or fake.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yep, to get to the real info, your need to gewt a shovel and start digging through all the Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia smoke and mirrors with more Russia, Russia, Russia to come.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Every time I start to read, view, or listen to political discourse, I feel like I'm drowning in irrelevancies. Russia, Russia Russia. Turmoil in the White House. Etc, etc. I'm not interested, which, I guess, is what the left is using to bore us to death which will mask the accomplishments of Trump. I think that so far, he's gotten a heluva lot of good stuff and some stupid stuff, but if you want to f o get real info. you'll have to dig for it.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've been equating political spin with deception aka "smoke and mirrors."
    Where Joe the Plumber is concerned, the media hooted and hollered about his truthful shortcomings to at least get sheeple fascinated with a first black president to overlook Barry's admission to being a socialist.
    How well that worked, I don't know. The skin color fascination followed by a D may have overrode everything.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Do things really function all that different when one is upside down in a right side up world?...I suppose, only if the had eye on their toes...as for the elephant in the story...being groped by something that is upside down just might be embarrassing....laughing.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I dislike the word "spin." The word is LIE.
    Because a proposition contains some part of a partial truth it is called spin. All it is, is a lie with some decoration attached.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "They never change, only our understanding of them." Excellent. One of the things that makes people confused about the consistency of the nature of truth. It's the old blind people trying to describe an elephant story.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Post Script: those "cute little tricks of the left" are certainly "Cute": so ugly, that in a very strange sort of way...kind of interesting; a definition that fits that bill to a "T"....more like the kind of "T" that used to be portrayed on Saturday Night Live before they too, became "Cute".
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, Joe the peon Plumber wasn't the one running for president of the whole USA either.
    But he's the one who got peed on for what Barry said.
    Me dino finds the whole protect the progressive psychology that spun that telling the truth incident fascinating.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 2 months ago
    That last statement is certainly the truth...

    What most do not get is that "Truth" never changes...only our understanding of it.
    I relate Truth to the physical, natural and quantum laws and everything that relates to those laws. They never change...only our understanding of them.
    All else, might be considered Facts...so long as they are observable, repeatable and duplicatable.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He was a plant alright. He turned from a Venus Flytrap into a shrinking violet. But I can't say as I blame him. If the media wants to destroy anyone who doesn't have millions to spare, they can turn your life into a living hell.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 2 months ago
    Why Joe the Plumber came under a truthful attack by protective slobbering love affair media for the truthful way Candidate Obama answered his simple question~
    "I want to spread the wealth around."
    But Joe owes the IRS money! Joe owes back taxes! Lookit Joe! Lookit Joe! OMG, it's Joe! Joe! Joe! Lookit Joe!
    Me dino is still amazed by all that truthful BS.
    A recalled stupid letter to some editor me dino also read: "Plumber Joe is a Republican plant."
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It is becoming more common as the left will resort to any tactic in order to obstruct Trump.
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