CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 2 years agoSix in ten people want UK to re-join the European Unionomnisis.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkSix in ten people want UK to re-join the European Unionomnisis.co.ukCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaredoctorfinlay@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYep, reading facts gets in the way of good old fashioned jingoism!
minus-squareThrowaway@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 years agoThing is, not all facts are true. And once you think you’re being lied to, there’s little chance of being convinced otherwise.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago Thing is, not all facts are true. That seems to be contrary to the standard definition of “fact”. Perhaps you meant to say: People aren’t always right when they state something as fact.
minus-squareThrowaway@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·2 years agoOkay, to be pedantic, “not all things presented as fact are true”
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWell that sure changes the message of your first comment…
Yep, reading facts gets in the way of good old fashioned jingoism!
Thing is, not all facts are true. And once you think you’re being lied to, there’s little chance of being convinced otherwise.
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Alternative facts!
That seems to be contrary to the standard definition of “fact”. Perhaps you meant to say:
Okay, to be pedantic, “not all things presented as fact are true”
Well that sure changes the message of your first comment…