Thank you for the ping, CIC...
I have never understood why elected officials cannot sue for libel. In today’s day and age more than ever, it appears that the Left has decided this is a free ride, and they can say whatever they wish, no matter how scurrilous or unfounded.
I am just sick of this crap. Absolutely sick to death of it.
This.Fundamentally, it is an attack on the very concept of fact. I would have said “truth” - but then, Biden’s formulation is that the left demands “truth, not facts.”
It is an attack on the very concept of truth, of course - it’s just that when Biden says “truth” he does not mean truth as distinct from falsehood. He means, “my truth” as opposed to “your truth.” IOW, he isn’t talking about truth at all.
It all goes back to
IMHO.
- sophist
- 1542, earlier sophister (c.1380), from L. sophista, sophistes, from Gk. sophistes, from sophizesthai "to become wise or learned," from sophos "wise, clever," of unknown origin. Gk. sophistes came to mean "one who gives intellectual instruction for pay," and, contrasted with "philosopher," it became a term of contempt. Ancient sophists were famous for their clever, specious arguments.
- philosopher
- O.E. philosophe, from L. philosophus, from Gk. philosophos "philosopher," lit. "lover of wisdom," from philos "loving" + sophos "wise, a sage."
"Pythagoras was the first who called himself philosophos, instead of sophos, 'wise man,' since this latter term was suggestive of immodesty." [Klein]
- philosophy
- A fondness or love for wisdom that leads to searches for it; hence, seeking a knowledge of the general principles of elements, powers, examples, and laws that are supported by facts and the existence of rational explanations about practical wisdom and knowledge.