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35. Well, teachers will no longer have to grade tests...

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 08:28 PM

Jan 2017

...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?

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Can someone define "Alternative Facts" for me? [View all] workinclasszero Jan 2017 OP

http://alternativefacts.com hexola Jan 2017 #1

Bullshit. Nt gollygee Jan 2017 #2

Alternative Facts equal Propaganda and Lies. skylucy Jan 2017 #3

'Lies' spanone Jan 2017 #4

THIS nt csziggy Jan 2017 #6

Yep. Keep it simple! n/t NastyRiffraff Jan 2017 #17

FACT: Depeche Mode was better in the 80s than they are now. Orrex Jan 2017 #5

Made up shit malaise Jan 2017 #7

Alternative facts equals lies. catbyte Jan 2017 #8

It's the alt-fact propaganda wing C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #9

Putin Speak Frogg Jan 2017 #10

Facts that obtain in alternate universes frazzled Jan 2017 #11

Like antimatter? roamer65 Jan 2017 #28

Lies. onecaliberal Jan 2017 #12

Last night when Bagdad Bob came to the podium to let people know there were more shraby Jan 2017 #13

Stickily Lies... KentuckyWoman Jan 2017 #14

Hey who could have seen this coming with father of all lies Bannon scuttling around the White House? workinclasszero Jan 2017 #15

try the NewSpeak dictionary DBoon Jan 2017 #16

Next time you go the bathroom, after you finish, look down Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #18

LOL workinclasszero Jan 2017 #19

A lie beachbum bob Jan 2017 #20

Alt-facts Runningdawg Jan 2017 #21

Eerie. Prescient. ALBliberal Jan 2017 #51

Merriam Webster said there is no such thing because facts are facts and alternative facts TrekLuver Jan 2017 #22

in mathematical terms....... Takket Jan 2017 #23

"Alternative facts" Jamaal510 Jan 2017 #24

LYING. roamer65 Jan 2017 #25

Specifically, Trump lies C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #26

They are for folks who live in alternative reality. logosoco Jan 2017 #27

Fucking Republican lies. SamKnause Jan 2017 #29

Lies. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2017 #30

propaganda handmade34 Jan 2017 #31

A LIE. To quote Dan Rather, "a lie is a lie is a lie". AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #32

"Newt thinks that we shouldn't say Don, Sean, Kellyanne, and Reince live struggle4progress Jan 2017 #33

Gaslighting Donkees Jan 2017 #34

Well, teachers will no longer have to grade tests... 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #35

Umm, I am pretty sure that is Trump speak for "Lies" smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #36

This explains it so almost anyone can understand frazzled Jan 2017 #37

Pancakes!!! longship Jan 2017 #55

The Urban Dictionary has two definitions. pnwmom Jan 2017 #38

L I E (nt) SoCalDem Jan 2017 #39

It means George Orwell's "1984" needs to be required reading in high school and college, along with Hekate Jan 2017 #40

I think we are living 1984 now workinclasszero Jan 2017 #42

Short answer - it means lies. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #41

George Orwell Quote 1984 Cha Jan 2017 #48

Yep Solly Mack Jan 2017 #58

they're fucking LIES Skittles Jan 2017 #43

Herr Dump will be the most corrupt/predatory/evil president in history workinclasszero Jan 2017 #44

George Orwell 1984.. Cha Jan 2017 #45

That nails it good Cha workinclasszero Jan 2017 #46

I just saw it over on a tweet page and came Cha Jan 2017 #47

No, because that's the whole point of it... JHB Jan 2017 #49

Fake facts. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #50

It is something the deplorables will say about media itsrobert Jan 2017 #52

Well - for example JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #53

Fact: I like your examples workinclasszero Jan 2017 #56

I don't get it either JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #57

Same thing samplegirl Jan 2017 #54