Alternative facts..... why they persist

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  1. Motorcity Gator

    Motorcity Gator Well-Known Member

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    Interesting article:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/sociology-alternative-facts-2017-2

    My sister-n-law is very educated and usually pretty bright and is an accountant by trade but if you get in a political debate with her it only serves to worsen your standing with her no matter how many facts you can support your argument with.

    On Trump I will add that he reminds me of the salesman who already has the order.... but keeps flapping his jaws in his best effort to talk himself right out of the sale but is wise enough in the end to realize that moment is near and so he backs off and shows some restraint.
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  2. gipper

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    Hey got any numbers of blacks shot down by police? Now that the election is over we've seen none of those reports. All summer we were bombarded with story after story of "blacks being gunned down by police." We had Michael Brown who had his hands up and back turned gunned down by a ruthless cop. We had a media that ran with the story, inflamed the black community all to energize the black community to vote in November. Fergusen MO was trashed by the animals that showed up in response. And now that the election is over all those stories magically stopped. Maybe there's no real war against unarmed black males....maybe it was just an alternative fact or FAKE NEWS.