Forum Home | Log in | Signup | My Page | Rules | FAQ | Boards | Members | Search
Replies to Msg. #1131183
.
 Msg. #  Subject Posted by    Board    Date   
61871 Re: Prediction: The insidious COVID-19 vaccine will infect you with a virus that will lead to an outbreak of a new COVID-21 pandemic
   Decomposed > What traditionally makes conservatives better than libera... 		Zimbler0   POPE 5   16 May 2020
 3:01 AM
61822 Re: Prediction: The insidious COVID-19 vaccine will infect you with a virus that will lead to an outbreak of a new COVID-21 pandemic
   De I am a mechanical engineer with a masters. I possess other actual... 		micro   POPE 5   15 May 2020
 6:45 PM

The above list shows replies to the following message:

Re: Prediction: The insidious COVID-19 vaccine will infect you with a virus that will lead to an outbreak of a new COVID-21 pandemic

By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Fri, 15 May 20 6:19 PM
Msg. 61821 of 62138
(This msg. is a reply to 61819 by micro)
Jump to msg. #  

micro:

Re: "The web is ull of polar oppisite viewpoints of the same subjects as you well know.. SO which one can we say for certainty is correct and the other is not?" You used the word "view" repeatedly in your post. You do know the difference between a view and a fact, right? I don't correct views. They are opinion. Opinions can be challenged but they can't be corrected.

Facts are different. When President Trump referred to the influenza outbreak of 1917, he was wrong. The outbreak was in 1918. That is irrefutable. It is a fact. That's the only type of correction I try to make, a correction of incorrect facts. Incorrect views? There is no such thing. Views are always correct. They are what a person believes. They aren't false.

One of the most common complaints I had with the Pffart3 board was its consistent lack of interest in the truth. Truth is neither Left nor Right. It is rooted in reality, not in political leanings. The truth has always served me well, and if getting to the truth involves correcting the post of someone who is traditionally conservative, I'll do it - just as I would with the post of someone who is traditionally liberal. The fact that most of those corrections are aimed at liberals merely has to do with the fact that conservatives care more about the truth and try to make their posts truthful. Or so I thought until now, anyway.

It bothers me to hear you say that you are supportive or tolerant of falsehoods when conservatives are the ones uttering them but not when it's liberals who are posting them. Nothing good can come of that, micro. As I said earlier, silence in the face of a known lie is tantamount to supporting the lie. We should try hard to remain above that. What traditionally makes conservatives better than liberals is that they do care about honesty, morality and truth.


Avatar

Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months