"Trump Surrogate Kris Kobach's Last Voter Fraud Case Crashes And Burns - Like All The Others"
America's core crisis is epistemological.
There is no longer a concensus concerning the hallmarks of trustworthy information and trustworthy information-gathering.
Admittedly nothing is perfect.
But when American "conservatives" lambaste "scientific findings" just because it suits their ideological presumption, we have fallen through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole.
There are two ways of lying, as there are two ways of deceiving customers. If the scale registers 15 ounces, you can say: "It's a pound." Your lie will remain relative to an invariable measure of the true. If customers check it, they can see that they are being robbed, and you know by how much you are robbing them: a truth remains as a judge between you. But if the demon induces you to tamper with the scale itself, it is the criterion of the true which is denatured, there is no longer any possible control. And little by little you will forget that you are cheating. Denis de Rougemont
It seems to me you have forgotten that you are cheating, and so every bit of information you hold sacred subjects you to The Great Bamboozle. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/12/carl-sagan-on-mystery-why-common-sense.html
My head, my heart and my soul all tell me that Yeshua would not be happy with this disregard for Scientific Method and the torrential cascade of intellectual sloppiness that comes in tow.
An anecdote...
I am not an Episcopalian but I sometimes wear a teeshirt which advertises "The 10 Reasons Why I Am An Episcopalian." Reason #4 is: "I don't have to check my brain at the door."
Yes, I know.
You can comfort yourself with Paul's condemnation of "the wisdom of this world."
According to the received wisdom of "The Other World" you and your fellows are The Chosen Ones and ONLY the True Believers in your mutual admiration society are in possession of real Wisdom and Truth.
Everyone else is up to NO GOOD -- pitiable thralls of Satan destined for the "Unquenchable Lake Of Fire."
Pope Francis: "The Temptation Of Making Idols Of Certain Abstract Truths"
Pope Francis: The Horror Of Religious Fundamentalism And What's Wrong With Religion
Consider Karen how you sing the praises of The Electoral College but will be unmoved by Trump's categorization of The Electoral College as "a sham, a travesty and a disgusting injustice" which has "made a laughingstock of our nation." "We are not a democracy... The world is laughing at us."
5 Years Ago Trump Said The Electoral College Was "A Sham, A Travesty, A Disgusting Injustive"
Conservative Christians are accustomed to "taking things on faith" and so many Trumpistas are content to pluck whatever "Donald quotation" they need to support their "passionate advocacy of the moment." And at the very moment they pluck whatever random rambling they need straight out of Trump's ass, they blithely disregard the rest - pay not a whit of attention to the rest of his sludge even if 90% of it contradicts the quotation of which they're so fond.
I have no doubt you will find a way to disregard every scathing comment Trump has made about The Electoral College - even though there is no evidence he has changed his mind on the topic.
And even if has changed his mind, who knows when he will change it again?
Trump is fully aware that he simply has to say "everything" enabling his followers to find whatever sound bite they need. And they will seize on that needed sound bite with such ferocity that they disregard the rest - and disregard it so totally that they have no clue they're chucking it down The Memory Hole.
The upshot?
It is exceptionally dishonest to have no criteria for truth except "any damn datum" that confirms one's passionate heat-of-the-moment.
Somehow, this persistent epistemological deviousness simultaneously tranforms every Trumpista's fondest thought into Absolute Truth -- without any need for research or validation.
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