• CXORA@aussie.zone
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    14 hours ago

    Yeah, why would people not want to use lies and misinformation to promote their side. It truly boggles the mind that anyone could value truth, honesty and integrity.

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      10 hours ago

      Is your goal to be truthful or not labeled a terrorist and put into a camp. Take your pick. Truth is subjective.

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        7 hours ago

        Truth is absolute. There is no such thing as “subjective truth” or “personal truth”.

        Something is either true or it isn’t.

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          You’re wrong, entirely. There’s an absolute truth but we never get to use that. We can only ever use subjective truth. That’s the whole point of the allegory of the cave. The absolute truth is blinding. And your desire to win an argument is creating a subjective truth that is blinding you to something that is critical to understand why they are winning in this era and the left is losing.

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              2 hours ago

              How do you know. If I tell you it doesn’t exist how do you prove it. You can say we see it. And I can tell show you illusions or examples of how we hallucinate or theories and simulations. There is a Truth no doubt. But we deal with truths always.