Just remember - Truth is nothing more than an agreed consensus

[Lithos]

What people perceive as "truth" is nothing more than a consensus of ideas.

Trump's sales skills are designed to distort and disrupt the consensus. He and his followers have been shown to be very successful at changing the language in play. Some people call it gaslighting and "alt-facts". The Soviets had their own version of it as well.

The GOP and Trump especially, are experts at language shaping to build a consensus, even contrary to facts. We need to own the language and make sure what is stated appeals to more core things everyone agrees on (Mother, Apple Pie, etc.). They have framed the EPA as being about regulations - it's purpose is to protect and that's what we need to say. They are not removing regulations, but removing protections for people, their drinking water, their air, their children's future.

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Truth is singular.

https://m.

[angstlessk]

2. If 100,000+ people agree that if I jump out of a 25 story building, I will bounce like a ball...

I will bounce like a ball?

Is that true?

[LuvLoogie]

3. What are you landing on?

[angstlessk]

5. Concrete slab, but back when the absolute consensus was the flat earth...

It was truly flat?

Is that true?

[defacto7]

4. Agreed, but it's semantics they are using to persuade.

Truth = subjective

Facts = objective

They can twist people's perspectve of truth, but they can't change the facts.

Alt-facts is a logical fallacy. A contradiction.

So it all comes back to education.

[Lithos]

6. Well stated!

Definitely well stated. You can't change facts - just the perception/perspective of them.

And I agree, education is very important.

[marylandblue]

7. The truth that matters is not physical laws

but social/political truths. Like "Is Donald Trump a legitimate president?" If enough people say no, he isn't. But the country is divided so there is no consensus, and Trump likes it that way. Same with firing Comey. He gave multiple reasons so that we could all argue about it and be divided. Meanwhile, only he knows what was actually in his mind.

[Lithos]

9. Trump does one thing very well

He diverts attention away sometimes to prevent consensus forming over strong policy changes which leaves things to the status quo, a state he uses to his favor.

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[guillaumeb]

8. Some say "illegal settlements",

some say "the natural expansion of a state into its God promised limits".

Another example of truth serving the purposes of a government.

There are many who are expert at shaping language to support their agenda.

[Lithos]

10. There are lots of examples

Typically failure to achieve a consensus means that status quo is maintained.

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