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Drythe
Posts: 13,776
Registered: ‎07-09-2011

Re: Fact Checker

‎08-15-2021 03:00 PM

@Johnnyeager wrote:

Who's to say what's the truth?  The Truth, The Truth, what is The Truth?

 

No one is arbiter of the truth.

@Johnnyeager 

 

The Facts, The Facts, The Facts, what are Facts?

 

Verifiable, quantitative, measurable facts.

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JamandBread
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Re: Fact Checker

‎08-15-2021 03:02 PM

@Cakers3 wrote:
@JamandBread wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:

Who's to say what's the truth?  The Truth, The Truth, what is The Truth?

 

No one is arbiter of the truth.

 

 

 

Until about 5 years ago, the truth just was.

It still is, thankfully.

That doesn't change no matter how much propaganda tries to deceive and distort.

 

@JamandBread   If the truth just was until about 5 years ago, and now it still is, what happened between now and "about 5 years ago"?

 

Your interpretation of the truth is attached to your own agenda.

 

Explain.

Propaganda is what happened. It has worked with a third of the population and it's sad and in some cases, frightening.

But I am confident this will also pass. Like intense gas pain.

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Porcelain
Posts: 8,736
Registered: ‎02-19-2014

Re: Fact Checker

‎08-15-2021 03:08 PM

@Drythe wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:

Who's to say what's the truth?  The Truth, The Truth, what is The Truth?

 

No one is arbiter of the truth.

@Johnnyeager 

 

The Facts, The Facts, The Facts, what are Facts?

 

Verifiable, quantitative, measurable facts.

@Drythe I don't understand how people who claim to have zero grasp on objective reality can have so many opinions on things they've never experienced.

 

Where did they get their information? If they don't trust anyone, and it didn't happen to them personally, they're kind of out of luck about knowing anything about the world around them.

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bikerbabe
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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Fact Checker

‎08-15-2021 03:14 PM

Social media has corrupted this country. Period. Every nut has a platform. And people believe it.
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Drythe
Posts: 13,776
Registered: ‎07-09-2011

Re: Fact Checker

‎08-15-2021 03:15 PM

@Johnnyeager wrote:

The height of hypocrisy.   I've long found the place to be lacking in honesty, credibility and believability.   My personal view,  of course. 

@Johnnyeager 

 

Somewhat like reading a speech by someone else, publishing whole chunks under your own name, then saying you just didn’t remember what part was not yours?

 

Plagiarism ... Plagiarism

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Porcelain
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Re: Fact Checker

‎08-15-2021 03:19 PM

So @MorningLover did you used to use Snopes as an objective source for validating or debunking your pet theories? What objective fact checker do you use now?

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Lipstickdiva
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Re: Fact Checker

‎08-16-2021 12:13 PM

I don't find snopes to be a neutral site.  I find them to lean in a certain direction.  One can find articles all over to support what they believe to be the "facts."  

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Cakers3
Posts: 19,228
Registered: ‎06-17-2015

Re: Fact Checker

‎08-16-2021 02:31 PM

@JamandBread wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@JamandBread wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:

Who's to say what's the truth?  The Truth, The Truth, what is The Truth?

 

No one is arbiter of the truth.

 

 

 

Until about 5 years ago, the truth just was.

It still is, thankfully.

That doesn't change no matter how much propaganda tries to deceive and distort.

 

@JamandBread   If the truth just was until about 5 years ago, and now it still is, what happened between now and "about 5 years ago"?

 

Your interpretation of the truth is attached to your own agenda.

 

Explain.

Propaganda is what happened. It has worked with a third of the population and it's sad and in some cases, frightening.

But I am confident this will also pass. Like intense gas pain.

@JamandBread   Which third of the population?

 

 

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Drythe
Posts: 13,776
Registered: ‎07-09-2011

Re: Fact Checker

‎08-16-2021 03:29 PM

@Cakers3 wrote:
@JamandBread wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@JamandBread wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:

Who's to say what's the truth?  The Truth, The Truth, what is The Truth?

 

No one is arbiter of the truth.

 

 

 

Until about 5 years ago, the truth just was.

It still is, thankfully.

That doesn't change no matter how much propaganda tries to deceive and distort.

 

@JamandBread   If the truth just was until about 5 years ago, and now it still is, what happened between now and "about 5 years ago"?

 

Your interpretation of the truth is attached to your own agenda.

 

Explain.

Propaganda is what happened. It has worked with a third of the population and it's sad and in some cases, frightening.

But I am confident this will also pass. Like intense gas pain.

@JamandBread   Which third of the population?

 

 

Is that a rethorical question?  You know 1/3 = 33%.

 

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Cakers3
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Re: Fact Checker

‎08-16-2021 03:36 PM

@Drythe wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@JamandBread wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@JamandBread wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:

Who's to say what's the truth?  The Truth, The Truth, what is The Truth?

 

No one is arbiter of the truth.

 

 

 

Until about 5 years ago, the truth just was.

It still is, thankfully.

That doesn't change no matter how much propaganda tries to deceive and distort.

 

@JamandBread   If the truth just was until about 5 years ago, and now it still is, what happened between now and "about 5 years ago"?

 

Your interpretation of the truth is attached to your own agenda.

 

Explain.

Propaganda is what happened. It has worked with a third of the population and it's sad and in some cases, frightening.

But I am confident this will also pass. Like intense gas pain.

@JamandBread   Which third of the population?

 

 

Is that a rethorical question?  You know 1/3 = 33%.

 

@Drythe   Cute.  

 

You know what I'm asking.  

 

 

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh
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