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Old 07-20-2020, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Anderson, IN
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Originally Posted by remco67 View Post
A good test is being told a Truth about someone you hate, what is your immediate reaction? For instance for a liberal if someone tells you a few of the good things Trump has done over the years is your first reaction anger or to think its a lie or orange man bad? Or is it a rational yep that is true he has done those good things But he also has done all these things i disagree with and i believe the bad things far out weighs the bad.

First, I don't hate anyone. I certainly don't hate someone I don't even know. That's stupid and a waste of emotional energy.





I've commented positively on things the President has done that I think were good things. But I believe the bad far outweighs the good.
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Old 07-21-2020, 02:09 AM
 
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Teddy Roosevelt never said that. It's a fake quote.


https://checkyourfact.com/2019/04/12...liberal-truth/

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“I am 99.9% certain that Theodore Roosevelt never said that, and never wrote that,” Stacy Cordery, history professor and historical advisor to the Theodore Roosevelt Center and Presidential Library initiative, told TheDCNF in an email.
Popik looked into the phrase and found no evidence that it was attributable to Roosevelt. He discovered a variation of the phrase – “it’s easy to annoy a liberal, just tell the truth about them” – that dates back to 1995, while the first known appearance of the full expression, which includes the sentiment about conservatives, appeared in print in 2007.

Here's a couple more sources that say he never said that.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/te...liberal-quote/

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...bout-liberals/
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Old 07-21-2020, 02:28 AM
 
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By the way, it would be very strange if Roosevelt really did say that quote, because he was pretty liberal. He was a member of the Republican Party, but he was also the founder of the Progressive Party, plus he supported socialism.
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Old 07-21-2020, 04:33 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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“To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth”

How can this still be so true 100 years later?



Considering the lack of anger among conservatives being lied to continually by their (mis)leader in chief I'd say it's not true today.
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Old 07-21-2020, 10:24 AM
 
Location: 0.83 Atmospheres
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Fake news. No one believes that.
Are you planning to come back and acknowledge that Teddy Roosevelt did not, in fact, ever speak the quote that you are mistakenly attributing to him or are you content telling lies?
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Old 07-21-2020, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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James Woods tweeted this out. Apparently people like the OP think he is a good source. Sad, really.
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Old 07-24-2020, 08:39 PM
 
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There are three truths.

My truth
Your truth
And the real truth.

The later is seldom known. Truth is a matter of a person's perspective.
Truth is a matter of facts.
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