Lighten Up: Culture In Which All Truth Is Relative Suddenly Concerned About Fake News

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3:18p, 1/3/17

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4:08p, 1/3/17

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morality is relative. not truth.

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In reply to schmendeler • 4:08p, 1/3/17

schmendeler said:
morality is relative. not truth.

so says you.

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In reply to Martin Q. Blank • 4:32p, 1/3/17

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Martin Q. Blank said:
schmendeler said:
morality is relative. not truth.
so says you.

I'd say I'm in the group incorrectly being attributed as having the opinion that truth is relative. I'm correcting the misconception.

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7:43a, 1/4/17

The fight is not over fake news, it's over who gets to determine what fake news is.

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In reply to Solo Tetherball Champ • 7:49a, 1/4/17

Solo Tetherball Champ said:
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There's a difference between relative and false.

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9:34a, 1/4/17

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Satirical article is satirical.

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11:15a, 1/4/17

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Other Americans agreed, stating that the idea that shady news sites could get away with reporting completely inaccurate information was "disturbing" and "evil," before stressing their belief that no one individual's notions about morality are absolute or binding in any meaningful sense.