07-03-2017, 05:32 PM
(07-01-2017, 09:49 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(07-01-2017, 06:02 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: But you don't seem to deal with that level of fact. Fact seems irrelevant to you. If something is unpleasant to your world view, you will call it a lie, with absolutely no attempt to fact check.
I could be wrong, but I doubt Eric would dispute the facts. I suspect his position is that he believes the violence on the part of the left is necessary and justified, up to and including the attempted assassination of Scalise.
He did dispute the facts, calling the NRA add a lie without any evidence or attempt to fact check. When asked to provide evidence and fact checking, he just refused. His standard of truth is that he can declare anything that conflicts with his worldview a lie without basis. I think the NRA ad significant enough that Eric shouldn't be allowed to get away with his lies.
To me, I thought the NRA ad a high powered attempt to take the high road on political violence, amplified by having the factual claims true, though highly selective and suggesting the extreme blue perspective is held by lots of blues. They might, as Mikebert suggested, have been trying to sell guns as well. I think they knew full well that they were presenting a loaded piece of work, and went out of the way to both back their position with demonstrable truth and stay that millimeter and a half short of an all out call to violence.
The ad is a notable bit of work that should be allowed to stand on its own.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.