Tuesday, March 2, 2021

A POST TRUTH WORLD

 





We are living in a post truth world.   A time when people will unabashedly declare Alternative Facts. Truth is no longer accessed by logic, but dictated by emotion.   Saying something with impact is now more important than saying something true.  When truth doesn’t matter, you declare your truth by yelling the loudest.  






I rest my case

the Ol'Buzzard



3 comments:

  1. I read once that Nazi Germany was the triumph of irrationality over reason. We're seeing a repeat of that now in the US.

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  2. I read the comments under Dr Richardson's daily Letters from an American, the email version. The comments are usually well informed and I learn things. Yesterday someone got off track on the evils of the livestock industry and someone else expanded on it. I do not think we will ever get the uninformed left or right to stop believing bullshit that suits their world views

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COMMENT: Ben Franklin said, "I imagine a man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false."