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dixiegrrrrl

(60,154 posts) Tue May 5, 2020, 10:54 PM May 2020

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“The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth
is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie,
but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world
— and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end
— is being destroyed."

Hannah Arendt

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Wow. That's excellent, thank you. (nt) scarletwoman May 2020 #1

K&R Solly Mack May 2020 #2

Figured I was not the only night owl up and about. dixiegrrrrl May 2020 #3

I think she should be required reading. Solly Mack May 2020 #4

Nope, you're not the only night owl up and about. calimary May 2020 #6

Why? SleeplessinSoCal May 2020 #5

k&r Demovictory9 May 2020 #7

Thank you. Seems she is someone I should have read years ago. LuckyLib May 2020 #8

Look up "The Banality of Evil." dixiegrrrrl May 2020 #9

This is quite good. Delphinus May 2020 #10

Always happy to hear people like her writing. n/t dixiegrrrrl May 2020 #11