"The 8 Best Fact-Checking Sites For Finding Unbiased Truth"
I wrote the following passage in reply to a Trumpista who responded to a meme I created: "You're using Snopes as a source and not even wondering why you're the biggest joke on this meme site."
Alan: We are all at liberty to believe that the truth is indiscernible. The idea of completely indeterminate Truth has been around since Pilate asked his memorable question to the carpenter.
But even if we suppos that Truth is indiscernible, that would leave everyone to concoct their reality as they see fit.
Admittedly, "indiscernibility" provides ego gratification to those who wish to pronounce, proclaim and dictate, but it is also a neverending swamp propelling everlasting (and ever-deepening) murk.
"Conspiracy Thinking, The Death Of Shared Identity And The Collapse Of Common Purpose"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/conspiracy-thinking-death-of-shared.html
"What Is Trump's Relationship To The Nation's Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theorist?"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/what-is-trumps-relationship-to-nations.html
"Alex Jones Obliges NASA To Deny It's Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/alex-jones-obliges-nasa-to-deny-its.html
When the following fact-checking sites concur -- as they routinely do -- it is much more likely that they are describing a common thread because the thread, in fact, exists. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/true-5-factchecking-websites/
Alternatively, Trump's demonstrable "lie tally" is around 13,500 (since Inauguration Day) and his lies are of the general type "two plus two equals five." Furthermore we know, as fact, that Trump tells multiple provable lies per day.
A concrete example: "All negative polls are fake news." If we take enough polls in enough places we will discover instances in which most people have a negative view of motherhood and apple pie. No politician -- ever -- has had ONLY positive polls. Trump is not just a liar, but a world-class liar. And those who champion his cause actively promote falsehood over truth.
Or consider Trump's absurd claim that "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." There is NO evidence to support this claim as there is no evidence to support thousands of claims made by Liar-in-Chief.
He even lies to his wife that he didn't bone Stormy Daniels.
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