Adhering to the truth and making sure what you are saying is true is “playing tiddlywinks”?
the metaphor (horseshoes hand grenades and tiddlywinks being that close enough is passable) was to the point because the comparative analysis of what has been going on in this regard (we play nice and they don’t), but I used the two most opposed of the three and intended the invective for the hand grenade portion. It wasn’t meant to be an analogue in the strictest sense, which should’ve been apparent based on the rest of the context.
You make the analog of telling the truth to tiddlywinks to call me out on this. I did not directly draw that parallel! I drew a parallel to how each side is playing the game.
More easily put, yes, we are playing by the “rules” if we follow the narrow path of telling the truth (civil discourse/society). Our political/societal adversaries are not playing by the same set of rules - they are throwing hand grenades while we play tiddlywinks. Civil society vs. uncivil or unhinged society, logic vs. fallacy, etc.