tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post9208887691187097586..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Civil War: The Battle of PropagandaSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-7909571031895436442015-10-27T15:54:45.567-05:002015-10-27T15:54:45.567-05:00There is a saying in an ancient indian language (t...There is a saying in an ancient indian language (tamil) - translated: What you see with your eyes is false; what you hear with your ears is false. Only that which is completely investigated is true.<br /><br />But for mcmegan, everything she wants to see is true, everything she wants to hear is true and anything she does not want to hear or see is false. cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988314910210445114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-33950926776601283092015-10-15T10:16:42.804-05:002015-10-15T10:16:42.804-05:00Plausible stupidity! I don't think McArdle hol...Plausible stupidity! I don't think McArdle holds herself to any journalism standards; when she needs to elude them she calls herself a blogger, when she needs to cover up her lies she calls herself a journalist and pretends she follows standards. It doesn't even seem to occur to her that you need to verify information to find out if it's true or not.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-18986228205157785422015-10-15T10:04:36.740-05:002015-10-15T10:04:36.740-05:00"False facts". Feh. A fact is a true thi..."False facts". Feh. A fact is a true thing. A false fact is a lie dressed up for Halloween pretending to be a mistake or a quirky interpretation, or a poor choice of words, or something both impressive and invisible. An hypothesis or a theory goes as itself, not as a "false fact". False fact implies some level of innocence: I didn't know the fact was false! It looked like a fact and smelled like a fact and all my friends told me it was a fact, so it must be a fact, so why should I check it, and how could it be my fault?Magathanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-33898644904127033202015-10-14T15:45:39.086-05:002015-10-14T15:45:39.086-05:00Sometimes it's too much even for me.Sometimes it's too much even for me.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-91698200884777123992015-10-14T14:36:53.650-05:002015-10-14T14:36:53.650-05:00"But we also get things wrong sometimes"..."But we also get things wrong sometimes". WE? SOMETIMES?" Sheesh.<br /><br />How you can stand reading that nauseating drivel I can't even imagine. Kudos!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.com