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My Daily Rant today
was entitled "Ignorance on Display." One of my readers wrote me saying, "They
sure do hate the truth, don't they?" The answer to her question is yes they do.
But there is always a sensus plenior, i.e., deeper meaning, to the works of
ignorance coming from ignorant people.
I, without apology, understand that the people who lash out at those of us who are not afraid to speak the politically incorrect and unpopular truth are not attacking us as such -- they are attempting to attack the truth we are speaking. But the truth is its own defense, and, being unable to refute the truth, they attack the truth teller. They believe that their ad hominem attacks will cause us to be silenced; after all, who wants to be called names, so goes their reasoning.
Another trick they use is to attempt to undermine the truth, weaken, and/or subvert it. They throw out cleverly disguised erroneous facts and half truths intended to weaken our position. One of which is when they say, "We can agree to disagree." My experience is that offer is almost always made by the person with the weakest argument.
I, without apology, understand that the people who lash out at those of us who are not afraid to speak the politically incorrect and unpopular truth are not attacking us as such -- they are attempting to attack the truth we are speaking. But the truth is its own defense, and, being unable to refute the truth, they attack the truth teller. They believe that their ad hominem attacks will cause us to be silenced; after all, who wants to be called names, so goes their reasoning.
Another trick they use is to attempt to undermine the truth, weaken, and/or subvert it. They throw out cleverly disguised erroneous facts and half truths intended to weaken our position. One of which is when they say, "We can agree to disagree." My experience is that offer is almost always made by the person with the weakest argument.
