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Opinions vs. Facts The community should be encouraged to favour facts over opinions. Er, this is one of the largest problems facing Democracy since it was inve
by fantnn 13y ago
Opinions vs. Facts
The community should be encouraged to favour facts over opinions.
Er, this is one of the largest problems facing Democracy since it was invented millenia ago. Look at the current American government shutdown, and the way Republicans have managed to frame the debate using empty rhetoric, when in reality both the debt ceiling and government spending are currently not an issue http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/10/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-wall-street-journal-bang-query-bang-query-is-this-some-strange-berkeley-acid-trip-i-am-on-weblogging.html http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/10/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-...
- thangalin 13y agoThank you for raising that issue; please see how the "debate page" and "supporting page" address your concern: https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Debate%20Page https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Debate%20P... https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Supporting%20Page https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Supporting... Constructive criticism is truly appreciated.
- interstitial 13y agoYou'd be surprised that ignorant deadmen once consider the same issues and felt an adversarial system was the best solution at the time. Today with the aid of the internet we know better. We should simple censure and imprison dissent and not bother with it at all.