In science or philosophy you get points for trying to figure out the truth. In politics you get points for WINNING ELECTIONS.
Finding out the “truth”, that 0bamas ‘real’ father was a U.S. citizen, even if it was a total slam dunk; accomplishes nothing towards winning elections.
But maybe that windmill REALLY IS a giant! Maybe slaying it will be a great boon for society! Or you will just damage yourself, your horse, your reputation - and possibly a perfectly fine windmill.
By all means, let us put political expediency ahead of truth. Silly me. Why did I ever think anything other than power was important?
What use has the world for Honest men?
Someone has to be ground under the cogs of the military industrial complex! Thanks for volunteering!
The truth is a rather pitiful shield against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Especially when it is just a thread of fantasy that you are holding up as the ultimate shield of truth!
It matters to more of us than the partisans would like you to know. They push for us to ignore the truth, and ridicule us when we won't. They wouldn't get so upset if it wasn't working.