“Facts is facts” works for counting words in a sentence. It does not work for anything with nuance or context, or for unprovable propositions. It is a fact tha

“Facts is facts” works for counting words in a sentence. It does not work for anything with nuance or context, or for unprovable propositions. It is a fact that there is no elephant in my house. But if you want to doubt that fact for the lulz or for profit, I will be hard pressed to prove it. That’s where our modern populist / fascists have weaponized disingenuousness to prove that “up is down” is just as valid a statement as “up is up”.