Bulldozing the bullwarks

I have really scaled back my attempts at firing up the bulldozer to wade through the bullwarks of hypocrisy people keep throwing up, around, down and every which way.

I refer you here to the attacks on #45, two specifically.

1) He lied.

Yep. He sure did. So did #44, #43, #42, #41 and on down the line.

They lied.

Totally copacetic with you and anyone else calling out the lies. Truly am.

I just want you to do the same thing to the other presidents. Be fair. If you call out one, call out all of 'em. I do.

2) Deaths.

Much hullabaloo is being made over the C-19, or Kung Flu deaths and how #45 is handling the matter.

"A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen during Obama’s two terms, compared to 57 strikes under Bush. Between 384 and 807 civilians were killed in those countries, according to reports logged by the Bureau."

I still hear no bitching about this. I heard little when it was going on and absolutely ZERO complaints from #44 fans. They sure raised hell when #43 was doing it. When #44 expanded the war, his supporters were so silent it was like the room went to Absolute Zero.

Which is more horrific? The deaths in the US from Kung Flu or the civilian deaths in other countries from #44's drone strikes.

How much control does #45 have over Kung Flu? None. Despite flat out orders around the nation for people to wear masks, social distance and etc, Kung Flu deaths happened. How is this #45's fault? People made the decision, one by one, to ignore the advice, instructions and orders from their elected leaders.

For those who do not know:

• My momma died from Kung Flu.
• I do not wear a mask, unless I have to go into a private location which requires masks. If I can avoid the place, I do.

How much choice did the civilians under #44 have when the drones came a'bombing?

I have never banned someone because of their political views. I have stopped injecting myself into these arguments online. My sanity requires it.

If you are one that rips into any president while putting on Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses to examine another president's record, then know this:

I am judging you. I am calling you a hypocrite. I am putting you in the same category as liars, politicians, lawyers, despots, tyrants. You sadden me. You are part of the problem. You are one who creates discord despite pleaing for harmony. You are a disgrace.

If you are one of the few who calls all of them out, who looks at all the records the exact same way, you I salute. You are honest, fair, forthright and you are actually trying to forge ahead and make a better world. Keep it up.

Just the facts, ma – OH HELL NO THAT'S A LIE

Some people cannot stand facts. Some people will not accept the truth. Some people reject anything that contradicts their perception of reality.

These people are easy to identify. They explode with vitriol when corrected. They get mad as hell when shown the truth. They lose all objectivity. They result to insults, pejoratives, ad hominem and other emotionally laden invective.

Eliminate these people from your life, both in-person and online. They choose to live a lie and you should not.

FACT CHECKERS 

The Internet has many different fact checkers these days. You can easily find the top ones. The granddaddy is Snopes.

 As I'm seeing it, those on the ends of the spectrum call fact checking sites "fake news," "liars," "biased," agenda-driven and so forth. The far right is more incensed, from what I see, than the left, but that could just be my perception. The attackers swear the fact checkers are not correct and make up stuff and get it wrong.

You can tell if one fact checker is correct by comparing that report to the report of all the other fact checking sites. When they all agree, then you are guaranteed to have the facts in front of you.

Some people will still reject reality, preferring to cocoon themselves in a comforting lie.

Eliminate these people from your life, both in-person and online. They choose to live a lie and you should not.

I'M FROM MISSOURI 

Not really, I am from South Georgia, but the colloquialism remains. Show the mistakes. Show me the error. Show me the bias. Show me where they intentionally distorted the record.

I'm not gonna wait. You (you being the fact-check haters) can't do it because it does not exist. Of course, the haters will say even my links proving my point cannot be trusted.

Some point to a mistake Snopes made some years back. The error was quickly corrected. Since then, no problem.

Someone usually then points out the Snopes founders got a messy divorce. Exactly how does that affect the website's ability to find and report facts? It doesn't. It is a communist baitfish (red herring) whose only purpose is to be a straw man to deflect the argument away from what is at hand.

Eliminate these people from your life, both in-person and online. They choose to live a lie and you should not.

LIARS ABOUND 

Be certain, liars abound. Every president (the right-leaning link proving this) I can personally remember has lied (the left-leaning link proving this) to the American public. Pick one. You got it coming from both directions.

He lied.

#44? He lied.

#45? He lies.

#46? The two main contenders to take office in January 2021 are both proven liars. Their record of lies is easy to find.

Of course, the supporters of these and other presidents deny this. Never mind the live and recorded video, live and recorded audio, transcripts and news stories that prove they lied. The supporters categorically reject this as media manipulation.

Even more amusing to me is how so many of these supporters at one time gleefully shouted "liar!" as they supported someone else.

Bernie Sanders is a great example of this two-faced, hypocritical showmanship. When running for pres, Bernie said his opponents should not be entrusted with the job of the leader of the free world. Now, that same opponent who months ago was not fit for the job is now the savior of the human race.

Who ya gonna believe?

Eliminate these people from your life, both in-person and online. They choose to live a lie and you should not.

CHECK YOUR FACT

FB has again launched a program to tag lies. When so tagged, a post will have a variety of fact-checking websites pointing out the truth. This is driving some people incoherent with rage.

Eliminate these people from your life, both in-person and online. They choose to live a lie and you should not.

DO YOUR RESEARCH

Hey, don't believe the fact checking websites. Do your own research. I do. Fact checking is what I do. I've done it for so long that it is now just a part of who I am.

A great example is the sex offender registry in California. So many people are saying this legalizes child molesting.

FULL STOP – Before I go any further, I tell you child molesters should be scraped with a cheese grater, taken offshore and trolled behind the boat in hopes of catching sharks. I'll buy the cheese grater, the rope, the boat, the gas and oil to make this happen.

Resuming - I went and read the law. Everyone claiming it legalizes child molesting has either not read the law or read it and chose to misinterpret the law. Again, I read the law. It says judges have discretion on whether or not to put SOME offenders on the sexual offender registry. If convicted, the person still faces all the rest of the penalties outlined in California law. I personally think the law is too broad. Regardless, child molesting is still illegal in California, at least right now.

Go. Read. Research.

When you do all this, then accept what you have learned as fact, whether you agree with it or not. Facts remain. Your opinion of the fact will not change it.

If you can accept the fact, regardless of your opinion, excellent. This is the way. If the fact, such as the California sex registry law, is something you do not like and can change, then do so.

This is the way. If you cannot accept the fact and instead must lie about it, then you are a problem and should be avoided.

If the truth hurts, yer living wrong. Accept the truth and it cannot hurt you any longer.