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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan someone define "Alternative Facts" for me?
Because that's what we will be getting the next four years from Comrade Trump and his minions.
hexola
(4,835 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)skylucy
(3,740 posts)spanone
(135,866 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)aka ReTHUGspeak
catbyte
(34,439 posts)Edited because equal sign won't work (?)
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)of the alt-nazishithead party.
Punch those liars in the face.
Frogg
(365 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)I guess.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Antifacts?
onecaliberal
(32,888 posts)There is NO such thing. Facts are NOT open to interpretation.
shraby
(21,946 posts)people at the inauguration than at Obama's, I told Mr. Shraby that's what propaganda sounds like.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)to quote a Republican in times of old.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)DBoon
(22,396 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)there ye shall find Alternate Facts...
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)"The Party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
--from "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell
ALBliberal
(2,344 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)are lies.
Takket
(21,620 posts)alternative facts are like trying to divide by zero
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)is to normal facts what FOX News/InfoWars/RT/etc. are to journalism.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)The place where people think giving taxes breaks to the rich will enrich the whole of the country.
Where cars and trucks and buses and planes have combustible engines spewing out carbon dioxide but it will have no effect to the air and water.
Those kind of "facts".
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Iggo
(47,564 posts)handmade34
(22,757 posts)lies that are destructive
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)This just needs to be repeated over and over.
struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)in an alternate universe: we should just say they have alternative facts"
Donkees
(31,452 posts)Gaslighting is a form of manipulation through persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying in an attempt to destabilize and delegitimize a target. Its intent is to sow seeds of doubt in the targets, hoping to make them question their own memory, perception, and sanity.
3catwoman3
(24,033 posts)...if there are alternative facts. Any answer could be correct if students claim to be using alternative facts.
Why weren't there alternative facts when I was taking high school history?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)They can spin it any way they want to, but it is still lying.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)1) When truth is so unfavorable to a pathological liar, that they must invent a whole new category of lies to describe their nakedly intentional acts of deception.
2) A fancy way to say bullshit.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Alternative+facts
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)...the US Constitution.
Hint: Bannon and Kellyanne think it's a textbook, not a cautionary tale, but that's what makes it a cautionary tale.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)in 2017.
Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)A Trump mouthpiece said there was no such thing as facts anymore.
Trump minion
You know how too many people think their opinions are equal to facts?
Now think of that on a grand scale - where government is now saying facts not only do not exist, but now what you believe to be the truth is the truth even if facts don't support your belief, because there are no facts, just different ways of seeing the same thing. Different ways of seeing a fact.
They are taking the glass is half full/half empty perception and claiming that means since both are true, depending on how you see the water in the glass, then the crowd was 1.5 million if you believe that is what 1.5 million looks like.
So if you think a lie is the truth, then it becomes the truth because you believe it to be true. Regardless of evidence to the contrary.
The same with a fact. It will only be a fact if they agree with it.
It's a perception game.
It's a con.
Cha
(297,574 posts)Skittles
(153,185 posts)and this FASCIST BASTARD had the GALL to call Hillary "CROOKED"
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Alternate facts: Trump will be a beloved President of the people and replace Lincoln on the five dollar bill
Thank God we are safe from Hillary's emails though.
Cha
(297,574 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Cha
(297,574 posts)here looking for a place to post it and saw your OP as well as another.
I see you and Hekate have the same idea.. it is very much 1984 and those ******* brainwashers think they're going to take a page from Orwell and pull it off on us.
I hope they get what's coming to them in the end.. sooner than later.
Thank you, working.
JHB
(37,161 posts)There is no definition, just what's in the script of The Kremlin Don Show.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Just like they label sources like CNN and WashPost as #fakenews they will tag them with #AltFacts
JustAnotherGen
(31,874 posts)We get to you use Alternative Money to pay our taxes
If Betsy Devos is the Sec of Education -
Children will get to use alternative answers on tests.
Example - 2 +2 = 5 will be acceptable.
Donald is an alternative to a President.
Putin is an Alternative to Donald.
See?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Alternative fact: I don't get it.
JustAnotherGen
(31,874 posts)But hey - baby fists seems to like this 'world' he is creating so I'm thinking I'm just going to go with it.
samplegirl
(11,493 posts)As mis-spoken!!!!