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Who cares if Trump was right about one or two things? Everything that came out of his mouth was bullshit (in the academic sense of the word [1]). But he said a
by epgui 4y ago
Who cares if Trump was right about one or two things? Everything that came out of his mouth was bullshit (in the academic sense of the word [1]). But he said a lot of things, so obviously he’s going to come close to the truth once in a while. These accidents are no cause for celebration.
When you care about truth, bullshit is the opposite of what you celebrate, regardless of whether it’s accidentally true or not.
[1] The difference between bullshit and lies is that the person who lies tries to cover up of fabricate truth, but the bullshitter doesn’t care about the truth-value of the statements that are made.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoI suggested a different path for the exactly the reason you are coming off as as an ideologue now. No one had to bring up Trump, but the author chose to. It makes his argument weaker by saying "WE NEED THE TRUTH!!" but then just talks like someone who spent years with their screen saying "IT'S ALL LIES, HE IS HITLER". As much as I don't like him, it's plain as day that it wasn't "all lies" or "academic bullshit". I work in an industry that was drastically albeit temporarily changed for the better by a couple policy decisions the last admin made, they were shit on endless by the media that was dead-wrong. Seeing it first hand was a noticeable moment for me. Both you and the author can't even take a moment to see past yourself, but that's what the point of the article is about. How bizarre.
- epgui 4y agoWhat’s ideological about not liking people strictly on the basis that they bullshit a lot? It’s a basic, basic, trust thing. You can pass this judgment completely outside any consideration of politics (and I am not even an American).
- ourmandave 4y agoObviously he didn't lied 100% of the time or every policy was bad. But he's still lying about the 2020 election being stolen 2 years after leaving office.