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slt2021 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Study mode

the truth (aka facts) is objective and facts exist.

The problem is selective memory of these facts, and biased interpretation of those facts, and stretching the truth to fit pre-determined opinion

9dev 11 months ago [–]

Who can tell now what really happened in Deir Yassin? It’s a hopeless endeavour.

If there is no trustworthy record of the objective truth, it doesn’t exist anymore, effectively.

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