(10-06-2022, 10:58 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-06-2022, 10:08 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Isn't it possible that what reporters in Ukraine are showing me is what really happened?  And if not, then how would I decide what really happened?  Or are we doomed to doubt our own eyes and ears, and never reach any conclusion, because someone might be deceiving us?  How do you figure out what really happened, if not from your own eyes and ears?  Do you assume that because someone showed you something, therefore it is not true?  How do you come to a conclusion about anything if you doubt everything you see and hear?  Do you make up your own conclusions out of thin air because you can't believe anything you see and hear?  

Here's an example.  Ukraine says they are winning.  Pro-Kremlin, pro-Putin reporters in Russia say Ukraine is winning.  I see endless videos of dead Russian soldiers, bombed out Russian tanks and APCs, and even Russian generals showing maps that reveal the fact that they are retreating.  I hear reporters from all over the world saying that Ukraine is advancing and Russia is retreating.  What conclusion, if any, can I draw from that?  Is Ukraine advancing and Russia retreating?  

If I'm supposed to doubt everything I see and hear, is there ever going to be a situation where I have enough evidence to draw a conclusion about anything?

You have the option to believe evidence at your own discretion. With the news media you have plenty of evidence to distrust them.

That's when experience and wisdom serve you well. The thing is, you not only  have to be able filter lies, but uncover what they are leaving out. What are they not telling us... The world has a Wild West feel to it, where anything and everything goes. It's the new Gold Rush but regular folks are not invited... They are raiding the treasury, destroying norms, and actively working to destroy this Republic. Hell, they a'int even hiding it anymore. Who is going to stop them, when the people we hired to stop it are the ones doing it? 

No one is going to save the day, they're not suddenly going to stop and start doing right. Its a free for all for the elites.. All we are doing is watching it happen, in real time...

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