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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 227: Cancel the Politics Topic: 250 B8ers will Die
red sox 777 06/28/19 9:50:30 AM #471:	pyresword posted... No, red sox, trying to ensure that candidates tell the truth is neither insidious nor disingenuous. It's a good thing if it forces candidates to be good at articulating themselves and also to have real understanding of the issues. It is possible to fact check poorly but please dont mistake that for a legitimate reason to attack the practice in general. The way it's done right now, whenever a candidate proposes a new or different policy, before he even gets the opportunity to explain why he thinks it would be a good idea, he gets cut off by some "fact-checkers" who say that his policy is factually bad. Of course that's an opinion, but the fact-checkers either don't understand the difference between an opinion and a fact or don't care if it helps them achieve their goals (electing centrists). Like, people malign Trump for ushering in a post-factual world, but the truth is, the Democrats started it. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:923964346] in Politics C... [t:77811053]...</cite> <quote><cite>pyresword posted...</cite> <quote>No, red sox, trying to ensure that candidates tell the truth is neither insidious nor disingenuous. It's a good thing if it forces candidates to be good at articulating themselves and also to have real understanding of the issues. It is possible to fact check poorly but please dont mistake that for a legitimate reason to attack the practice in general.</quote> The way it's done right now, whenever a candidate proposes a new or different policy, before he even gets the opportunity to explain why he thinks it would be a good idea, he gets cut off by some "fact-checkers" who say that his policy is factually bad. Of course that's an opinion, but the fact-checkers either don't understand the difference between an opinion and a fact or don't care if it helps them achieve their goals (electing centrists). Like, people malign Trump for ushering in a post-factual world, but the truth is, the Democrats started it. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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