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Oxford Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" as its 2016 international word of the year, reflecting what it called a "highly-charged" political 12 months. It is defined as an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals. Its selection follows June's Brexit vote [in the UK], and the US presidential election. Post-truth, which has become associated with the phrase "post-truth politics", was chosen ahead of other political terms, including "Brexiteer" and "alt-right".
[...] Oxford Dictionaries says post-truth is thought to have been first used in 1992. However, it says the frequency of its usage increased by 2,000% in 2016 compared with last year.
Mr Grathwohl said: "Fuelled by the rise of social media as a news source and a growing distrust of facts offered up by the establishment, post-truth as a concept has been finding its linguistic footing for some time," he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37995600
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016
Would you have chosen something different?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:01PM
I really should simply say, "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, I rest my case." Because you did exactly what I predicted. I frickin' 0wned your ass and made you dance on command like a monkey on a leash for the amusement of all. This election is the gift that keeps giving, you guys really are losing what little minds you had.
His statement that "All SJWs are liars" is presented as an argument by assertion.
No, the three laws are the summation of arguments laid out in a book. A book you refuse to even consider reading before passing judgment on it, a book written by a man you pass judgment on without ever reading any of his free online work either, but apparently based entirely on what your tribal elders tells you to believe about him. After being called out on hurling Ad Hominem attacks you double down with even more personal attacks, you add in Genetic Fallacy, Guilt by Association Fallacy, and Straw Man Fallacy.
since you cited him as an authority on the subject of truth.
That would be dumb, which is why I didn't do that. I cited him as an authority on the behavior of SJWs. Which you have helped me to demonstrate the value of by your own unhinged behavior and by your conforming to all three laws.
but but but in context
The context made all the difference, you simply can't bring yourself to admit it. Unless it is your assertion that referring to 'the fever swamps' was intended to convey an endorsement, which would call your English comprehension skills into doubt. So you again obeyed all three laws, you lied, when called out you doubled down on your original lie, which we can now know was not a simple error but a lie, i.e. a knowing falsehood, and you are projecting your dishonesty onto me.
Thanks for playing. And for the record, ikanreed is NOT a sock puppet account. May the admins publicly shame me if the logs show otherwise.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:10PM
No... I could admit that to myself if you weren't full of shit.
You are full of shit, so fuck off.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @12:50AM
No, the three laws are the summation of arguments laid out in a book. A book you refuse to even consider reading before passing judgment on it, a book written by a man you pass judgment on without ever reading any of his free online work either, but apparently based entirely on what your tribal elders tells you to believe about him. After being called out on hurling Ad Hominem attacks you double down with even more personal attacks, you add in Genetic Fallacy, Guilt by Association Fallacy, and Straw Man Fallacy.
Well, he was being cited by jmorris, so there is that.