Post by the Scribe on Jul 30, 2022 0:47:48 GMT
Denial of truth
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I saw a friend a few days ago who lamented on how the liberal news media was spreading misinformation. After telling me President Donald Trump won in a landslide, he asserted there was no insurrection. Those people were bussed in by the FBI. He saw pictures of the buses on the internet. I asked if he was watching the hearings and he said, “Liz Chaney is a traitor.”
The problem was his assertion regarding the liberal media. What we know about the events of Jan. 6 do not come from liberal pundits or liberal journalists. What we have come to understand comes from Trump’s own most-trusted supporters, the very people he himself chose to surround himself with.
Much of it only came when they were subpoenaed under oath to testify, many reluctantly. These facts proved to be damning. My friend is not an outlier; 30% to 40% share similar views.
Historian John Meacham said recently that if we as a nation do not accept the facts of what happened on and about Jan. 6, we will not only be lost as a people, but can easily lose the American experiment in a democratic system. Historically, denial of truth and facts has been the fuel for the emergence of fascism.
Jeffrey Rubin, Micanopy
www.yahoo.com/news/readers-title-ix-abortion-jan-090154825.html
I saw a friend a few days ago who lamented on how the liberal news media was spreading misinformation. After telling me President Donald Trump won in a landslide, he asserted there was no insurrection. Those people were bussed in by the FBI. He saw pictures of the buses on the internet. I asked if he was watching the hearings and he said, “Liz Chaney is a traitor.”
The problem was his assertion regarding the liberal media. What we know about the events of Jan. 6 do not come from liberal pundits or liberal journalists. What we have come to understand comes from Trump’s own most-trusted supporters, the very people he himself chose to surround himself with.
Much of it only came when they were subpoenaed under oath to testify, many reluctantly. These facts proved to be damning. My friend is not an outlier; 30% to 40% share similar views.
Historian John Meacham said recently that if we as a nation do not accept the facts of what happened on and about Jan. 6, we will not only be lost as a people, but can easily lose the American experiment in a democratic system. Historically, denial of truth and facts has been the fuel for the emergence of fascism.
Jeffrey Rubin, Micanopy