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But to be "morally" right you have to have an ample understanding of what is and is not explicitly fact that's actually based in reality. Otherwise, the consen

But to be "morally" right you have to have an ample understanding of what is and is not explicitly fact that's actually based in reality. Otherwise, the consensus of what fact is becomes irrelevant and the guise of morality simply becomes little more than barbed wire or nails wrapped around the baseball bat of which ever narrative or ideology our leaders intend to pursue... Even as a very progressive young person, AOC's lack of composure and basic logic is deeply troubling.

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
> what is and is not explicitly fact that's actually based in reality It's incredibly difficult to split apart explicit fact from our own biases though. There wasn't a time too long ago that facts, as certain national and cultural groups understood them to be, were used to commit terrible atrocities.
- arcaster 8y ago
  Thanks for replying in a civil way - while I agree that scientific and academic consensus is an evolving ever moving target - to dismiss our current state of the art or state of fact because "we might be wrong compared to the future" is a moot point at best. Consensus never seeks to define absolute truth - there is no such thing as absolute truth - consensus seeks to normalize bias and maximize benefit for those involved in a given decision.
  - arcaster 8y ago
    I genuinely thank you for your civility - HN seems to only be cheeky in one direction - it's the kind of thing I usually hope to avoid when reading news / comments from people I would generally think have a better handle on what being decent / civil means :(