An excellent and important observation...........may those of us who can discern the real from the imagined still be able to "bang the leper's bell" !!!!

And, if things were different, they wouldn't be the same.

It is very small, but I feel that it is growing if you can get through to people. That task is so arduous that I have given up for the moment, although the truth is I will never give up, I am simply scaling back my force feeding of the truth.

I am glad for your confirmation of Trump's character, thank you, and I hope that he remains true to himself and to the people. I am watching him closely and I am pretty sure I will know the instant he breaks as I have been put in that position many times. I wish him strength enough to remain true and fight the good fight.

But well worth all of the effort it takes.........truth being the recognition of existence and existence be ing the only place to exist. (Once again, if wishes were horses...........)

Same tactic as drug dealers (the new snake oil)

"...any tactic in order to obstruct Trump."

Or even politically destroy...................he is the
biggest threat they have ever faced (with either of their two faces)...................Herb & Steven, please note my humor.

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Agree.....humor is important......as in "If wishes were horses, you'd still have to clean up after them." Applicable to many irrational utterings.

"I don't know what group you want to assign me to"

Welcome to same group as me, though it is very small.................

"...or we can fight it as it appears to me that Trump is doing. I am behind Trump as long as he stays true." Yes, sir. And, as a businessman, having kept track of him since the 1970s, I firmly believe he will."

The Fox News Channel is now The Fox Commercial Channel. It's all about increasing income for the parent corp. and sanity be damned.

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A is A........................."always has been and ever shall be".....................yes, indeedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ha!
Not likely.
But I'm usually good with goofy illustrations.

Well, it just means digging out what is real may become harder.You're right about movies and not to mention video games. But I'll bet some future genius will invent a reality detector for all the future Neo's out there.

You can say that again! I spent an entire career supervising a bunch of College educated idiots who never could figure out what side to butter their bread on. Veterans with no or just a little college were my shining stars.

Determining what is real will bring one to the truth. Sometimes, easier said than done.

You're right. Plus, not only will it not hurt, it'll make everything better.

We're on the same track. I like my definition better, but that's splitting hairs.

I completely agree and couple that with the poor educational position that the vast majority are in and we are nearly there now.

If there are many coincidental remarks between Soros and Ayn Rand, I'm in the wrong web group.

There is another recent trick that the Snow Flakes and Progressives of various ages have taken as their cause celebre', that being they now are trying to coin a new phrase or rebranding if you will for Conservatives.

They are attempting to misname the entire genre as "Neo-Liberals". Truth be told, Conservatism (not the NEOCON variety of course) is Truly "CLASSICAL LIBRALISM" as espoused by de Toqueville et al. Small government, personal freedom and personal responsibility thus unleashing the power of the individual.

This modern movement to "re-brand" Conservatism is being done by those folks who have no clue as to what they are trying to say other than to tie Conservatives "Not NEOCON, to big government, nation building, never saw a war they didn't like" (who incidentally are much closer in alignment with the Progressives who represent the "real" Neo-Liberal movement to which they subscribe).

It would be interesting to point this out to those folks (especially the snowflakes who are truly either clueless because of the indoctrination they have received or, they are just desperately trying to find an answer to the success of the Conservative brand and its robust movement!

For what its worth!

Hollywood and others are working feverishly to create computer graphics that are so real to the viewer that you can't tell them apart from reality. There are two reasons for this.
First, of Hollywood can create "actors" that look and act like real people, there will be no need to pay millions to flesh and blood actors to be in their movies. Cheaper production cost - which is the reason we have all of the God-awful reality TV programming today.
The second reason, mainly being pursued by the "others", and far more sinister, is in fact the same - to create a virtual reality that is indistinguishable from real reality. Once this is achieved, then those who bring us Fake News today will take that to the next level and will provide us with video that shows Putin walking into Trump Towers, or riots in Detroit, or atomic bombs going off in Kansas City. They will simply take this technology, make up whatever they want that advances their agenda, and viewers will be unable to distinguish between their fake video and the real thing.
Everything ever created by man has at some point been turned for nefarious purposes. CG and Virtual Reality will. E no different. Welcome, Winston. Your reality awaits.

The problem with a villain uttering the truth is that the lazy then assume that all that is said is the truth and they don't use effort to discover otherwise. A successful villain will utter truth as long as it directs the herd in the direction of the cliff and a lie when the herd hesitates; 'Don't worry, it won't hurt. It will be for the good of the many!"

"truth is the recognition of reality" Ayn Rand
there is no trouble with truth, only people have a problem accepting it.

Truth is not at all in question! Determining what the truth is when so many liars are speaking becomes the real issue.