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[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth." —Quote attributed to a number of people. Interesting discussion here, which ends with the following actual Sagan quote:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/truth-carl-sagan-quote/

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

[–]spanishprofanity 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

if you try to invoke the burden of proof on a Most Marginalized Minority™ they'll respond with their usual catchphrases:

"look it up sweetie, it's not my job to educate you"

"we just want to exist"

"we just want to pee"

"TRANSPHOBIC BIGOT"

"trans rights are human rights!!!"

etc