What? Don't agree with me? YOU'RE in denial

[cali]

It's the TRUTH.

or maybe

it's just my opinion, my interpretation of a given set of facts.

edited to add:

And here's why I dislike that crap so much: It's cheap. It's almost always an attempt to shut down someone who disagrees with you. It's a way of saying "no matter what you say, I can discount it because YOU are in DENIAL.

That's the denial part. Here's the it's the TRUTH.

truth is rarely TRUTH. What I mean is that truth is rarely some monolithic immutable thing.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I think your entire post is Intellectually Dishonest11!!11!!

Elevens denoting sarcasm and humor. :P

[kestrel91316]

2. I think it's sad when some very long-time DUers turn out to be RW trolls.

[cali]

5. lol.

and I'm sure you're not directing that at anyone in particular. If you think someone's a troll, alert.

[kestrel91316]

9. It's a non-sequiter directed at a nonsequiter.

But it's also a fact.

[cali]

12. um. sure. yeah. ok.

if that's your truth, go for it. it ain't a fact. that, my friend is opinion.

[kestrel91316]

14. FACT: I DO think it is sad when long-time DUers turn out to be

RW trolls.

Sad when some DUers can't read, either.

OPINION: Some long-time Duers are RW trolls. (but that's not what I said)

Oh, and you seem awfully prickly about a comment that was not directed at you in particular. Why is that?

[cali]

16. lol. nope not prickly about anything.

In a rather jolly mood today. First real snow here. In any case, I'm not going to quibble about semantics with you. calm down.

[AuntPatsy]

27. You and I both, hypocrisy is a good indicator....

[nemo137]

3. Buh. My 9/11-truther dad loves to use that line.

about everything from the towers to swine flu.

[rucky]

4. que rico

in more ways than you can imagine.

[cali]

6. omg

best sign I've seen in ages.

:rofl:

[rucky]

10. It's a cause worth fighting for.

And I think it was promised in his campaign.

[JuniperLea]

7. Oh! I'm supposed to give an interpretation of the facts... instead of letting them stand alone?

Well, that's different!

:silly:

[emulatorloo]

8. Hey I am entitled to personal opinion, as well as my own personal set of facts!

My personal facts fit my preconceived narrative better than the messy real ones. So to hell with the messy ones!

[cali]

11. .....

:rofl:

[county worker]

13. That's just what a wing nut said to me last week.

We were talking about the health reform bill and he said that people in Canada hate their health care. I said I disagree and had heard just the opposite. He said that what he said are facts and that I was stupid not to believe facts. He didn't give me any reference to the facts, he just said that what he believes is based on facts.

[HughMoran]

15. Well, the way I see it is...

:hi:

[Javaman]

17. "I won't be silenced!!!"

Or like some of these right wing nuts like to say, "The truth is subjective".

I love that one.

They have their version of reality based on emotion and bullshit and we have ours based on facts, eyewitnesses and (usually) video footage.

[The Straight Story]

18. I deny I am in denial about my denial

;)

[cali]

22. of course you do.

[The Straight Story]

25. Admit it, somewhere deep inside you almost like me sometimes once in awhile

:rofl:

[berni_mccoy]

19. Thank you for your concern.

It is duly noted.

:P

[Romulox]

20. Most of the nasty arguments I see on DU aren't about "truth", they're about values...nt

[Javaman]

23. I value your truth.

:) LOL

[leftstreet]

24. Yep. People easily confuse politics with 'beliefs' n/t

[Javaman]

21. I use my set of prearranged facts to conform to my version of reality.

:rofl:

[mmonk]

26. True.