The other day, I wrote online that it's gotten to the point where today's MAGOPs lie as easily as other people breathe. But then, that's understandable when they follow their cult leader who has 30,000+ documented lies during his time in office, culled by the Washington Post. Further, that's mesh by the foundation of today's MAGOP basing their concept of "news" from conspiracy theories and a literally-anonymous source like QAnon, and so have come to actually believe in things like that JFK Jr. is going to come back to life and run with Trump. And that Anderson Cooper eats people. So, it only follows that they would accept it when Trump's spokesperson Kellyanne Conway says that she is offering "alternative facts." And when Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says that "Truth is not truth." It's gotten deeply out of control the last few months, even more so now that Trump is actually on trial and melting down in his daily pronouncements that have little-known relationship to the truth or reality, and his supportive acolytes follow suit. It's times like leaves when you wish Dragnet was still on television, so that every week, people could be reminded of what matters when they hear Joe Friday always say to a witness who starts going off on a tangent. "The facts, ma'am, just the facts." I was trying to think what to write about this -- when I realized I already had, last August. So, rather than dive in again and drive myself loopy, I thought I would just repeat it, because it remains spot on. The Fact is...
It’s been said that America today is a divided country. And it is. That suggests the divide is like cutting an apple in half, and both sides are just different portions of the same apple. I would suggest that the divide is not that at all, but something very different. This doesn’t mean all Democrats agree on everything among themselves. They don’t. Nor does it mean all Republicans agree among themselves. They don’t. But for the most part, Democrats are Democrats because foundationally they generally agree with one another. And Republicans are Republicans because they, too, all have largely the same grounded beliefs as other Republicans. Democrats factually watch as people break into the U.S. Capitol, cause damage, and build a hangman’s noose and recognize that these actions meant members of Congress were in danger. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats factually see an ongoing increase in Stage 5 hurricanes, wildfires, sub-zero winter cold and blizzards, and temperatures reaching the highest ever for a month in recorded history as evidence of Climate Change. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats accept the certified facts that Joe Biden get seven million more votes than Donald Trump, and 306 Electoral votes for Biden to 232 for Trump, which got Biden legally and fairly elected U.S. President. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats see, as fact, a unanimous jury find Trump liable of sexual assault, which the judge described in a written ruling as the equivalence of rape, as being how the Justice System works and the Rule of Law. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats hear scientists say, as fact, that COVID-19 is a deadly disease that can cause a world pandemic. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats understand that Russia has factually been and remains a major adversary of the United States, and that Vladimir Putin is a dictatorial despot. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats know, as fact, that when you get your information from a totally anonymous Q-source, you have absolutely no idea who it actually, truly is, and so there is literally no way you can accept anything said as fact. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats trust the volumes of factual research evidence from accredited scientists that says COVID vaccines are safe and effective. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats see 1,000 people, as fact, plead guilty or be found guilty for their actions on January 6 and consider that the U.S. Judiciary System and the Rule of Law is working. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats read the Mueller Report that factually says in black-and-white that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats see horrified scientists insist that no one should take ivermectin horse paste or ingest bleach or use UV rays to treat COVID because it doesn’t work and can actually kill you. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats hear a factual audio recording of Trump illegally asking the Georgia Secretary of State to find 11,780 votes that he’s told don’t exist. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats look at photos the FBI took of documents they factually recovered from Trump’s home. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats know that, as a fact, Bill Gates did not put microchips into the COVID vaccine and that the vaccine will not magnetize you. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats learned when they were children that the way the Judicial System factually works is that it is the citizens sitting on a Grand Jury who vote whether or not to indict a defendant, and the verdict is not ordered by the president. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats see Barack Obama’s official birth record as factual proof of citizenship. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats know that science is based on empirical research and facts, and is not a belief system. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats understand, as fact, that the FBI went to a judge, provided evidence to justify getting a search warrant, and the judge determined that cause had been met, and signed the legal order. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats accept, as fact, the results of a four-year investigation by Trump Special Counsel John Durham and a five-year FBI investigation that find no accepted bribes, no crimes, no transgressions by Joe Biden. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats mourn the fact that 1.2 million Americans have died of COVID. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats understand that when Trump was indicted by three Grand Juries, this is the way the Judicial System is factually supposed to operate and is the Rule of Law. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats watch Barbie as, factually, a light-hearted movie fantasy romp and not a threat to both national security and male virility. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats understand that selling the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head toys in the same box factually cuts the cost of production, and is not an attack on male virility. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats look at M&M's as factual pieces of chocolate candy, not sexual objects. Republicans believe otherwise. Democrats see the graves of John F. Kennedy and JFK Jr. and mourn the fact that they died. Republicans believe otherwise.
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