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Old 07-02-2019, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by jebartle View Post
FACTS are NOT fluid, opinions are!!
Yep, and I find it difficult to understand those who wish to complicate it. Discussing the shade of blue in the my, or the bones in an elephant just baffles me, and how it relates

I do not think the Op was referring to any philosophical discussion at all , and this hypothetical talk is not fair to her premise.

Her objection as stated is somebody said that their facts were correct, and hers were not.

That is a confusing scenario, because she has not shared what she means or a context.

There have been rumblings on here because of two things I recall....not sure if this relates, but...

1. Someone posts something as a fact, and another poster asks for some credible source for that fact

2. Some poster posts something and supplies the source to show where this information was sourced.

These two things, for reasons not apparent to me set people off on here.

In either of those cases, the poster is either trying to learn something that has been presented as fact.....or in the second providing that info.

I have to be wrong because all my background in education, business and government has been clear that both are required for any civil discourse.