
Colorful Arguments: Facts, Assumptions & Values
Much has been said this political cycle about the scant use of facts by the candidates. My own b.s. meter has always been fairly sensitive, so I know this is nothing new in politics. But this season is especially egregious. So bad, that the top contender proudly fact-shames his opponents simply by “speaking his mind” even as he contradicts himself repeatedly. For some supporters, this actually makes him more credible! “We don’t want no inconvenient facts to get in the way of