I honestly don't mean for the title of this blog to come across as arrogant or like I have all the answers. I don't. However, political debates are becoming a bigger joke than the NFL replacement refs.
The thing about it is, I don't even need to make my opinions known in most of these debates. I don't feel prompted to get involved in a debate unless I read or hear something which I know to be false. Unfortunately (for them and for me in a way), this happens quite regularly. I read, research and fact-check with more regularity than meteorologists give an inaccurate forecast. I've found that most people don't do this. They resort to partisan opinion-oriented shows in order to provide them with "knowledge" and seem to then often times mistake opinion as fact and vice versa.
So these debates often times go something like this:
Them: "Barack Obama is a Muslim, socialist born in Kenya and his wife thinks he deserves the presidency because he's black!"
Me: ::Provides links to fact-checking sites which debunk the claims that Obama is a Muslim, is socialist, was born in Kenya and that First Lady Michelle Obama believes her husband deserves to be president because of his skin color::
Them: "Yeah...so? He's still a Muslim, socialist Kenya and his wife is still a racist! I heard it on 'The O'Reilly Factor,' so there!"
Me: ::Provides links to debunk the claims made in that particular video and even sharing a link to said video clip::
Them: "Whatever. You can't argue the facts!"
Me: ::thinking... I'm the one who provided the facts, you bonehead!::
This is an all too common cycle for me with political debates. I rarely ever prove anyone, including myself, is right with regard to their viewpoint, as I rarely even let mine be known. All I do is prove others wrong. I don't even do that necessarily. I just guide them to the facts and those facts are what ultimately prove them wrong. Unfortunately, "facts" seem to be evaporating from the human mind faster than an Olympic gold medalist runner can run the 3-yard dash.
The thing about it is, I don't even need to make my opinions known in most of these debates. I don't feel prompted to get involved in a debate unless I read or hear something which I know to be false. Unfortunately (for them and for me in a way), this happens quite regularly. I read, research and fact-check with more regularity than meteorologists give an inaccurate forecast. I've found that most people don't do this. They resort to partisan opinion-oriented shows in order to provide them with "knowledge" and seem to then often times mistake opinion as fact and vice versa.
So these debates often times go something like this:
Them: "Barack Obama is a Muslim, socialist born in Kenya and his wife thinks he deserves the presidency because he's black!"
Me: ::Provides links to fact-checking sites which debunk the claims that Obama is a Muslim, is socialist, was born in Kenya and that First Lady Michelle Obama believes her husband deserves to be president because of his skin color::
Them: "Yeah...so? He's still a Muslim, socialist Kenya and his wife is still a racist! I heard it on 'The O'Reilly Factor,' so there!"
Me: ::Provides links to debunk the claims made in that particular video and even sharing a link to said video clip::
Them: "Whatever. You can't argue the facts!"
Me: ::thinking... I'm the one who provided the facts, you bonehead!::
This is an all too common cycle for me with political debates. I rarely ever prove anyone, including myself, is right with regard to their viewpoint, as I rarely even let mine be known. All I do is prove others wrong. I don't even do that necessarily. I just guide them to the facts and those facts are what ultimately prove them wrong. Unfortunately, "facts" seem to be evaporating from the human mind faster than an Olympic gold medalist runner can run the 3-yard dash.
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