throwawayqqq11 a day ago

When you have the pure truth, why would you silently dismiss questions about your truth bot and not blast it 24/7?

Because right wingers cant handle criticsm. They dont want to correct, they want to silence their outgroups. Professionals would have at least replied with some meaningless PR text wall.

beepbooptheory a day ago

What goes into the "purity" of a truth? Are there impure truths?

  • Suzuran a day ago

    Yes; A half-truth is a lie by omission.

    For example, "Mom, there's a candy wrapper under (my brother)'s bed!" is a true statement, but the pure truth is "Mom, I ate a candy without permission and put the wrapper under (my brother)'s bed so he would be blamed for the missing candy!"

    I am attempting to convey a lie by telling a truth and omitting details that would give context to that truth.

    • beepbooptheory 20 hours ago

      I believe you are referring to "whole truths," which yes we teach to children and swear on the stand in court. A "pure" truth carries different connotation here I think, and is not said in general.

      • Suzuran 18 hours ago

        Since GP might not have English as their first language (their post points out that they are European) I assumed the choice of "pure" was a translation of their language's equivalent to "whole" and therefore being treated as equivalent.