Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Trump Fact Checker Update



The Washington Post keeps track of the number of false and misleading statements the president makes. The team makes its database available to the public so that people can see for themselves how statements are analyzed and assigned one of four levels of falsity or deceit. On July 9, the president hit 20,055. The cumulative number over time is shown above, and the monthly number is shown below.



In an accompanying article, the WaPo comments:
“Just as when Trump crossed the 10,000 threshold, an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News helped Trump breach the 20,000 mark. Trump racked up 62 claims on July 9, about half of which came during the Hannity interview: Trump’s statements cover a substantial range of his bogus attacks, conspiracy theories, boasts and inaccurate information:”

The evidence of the president’s mendacity and immorality speaks for itself.
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