some words about TRUTH

[ensho]

"It doesn't matter what people want to hear. It doesnt matter if people like you. It doesn't matter if the whole world thinks you're crazy. It doesn't matter whose heart you break. What matters is the truth."

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truth tellers of the world have a hard row to hoe. many are killed. many have their lives ruined. they are a brave bunch. what would we do without them?


this came from the novel, And The City Of The Dead, by Claire DeWitt


(the dead city is New Orleans by the dead Gulf of Mexico. the novel takes place a year after the flooding)

[lunatica]

1. I always say the Truth is a good to know whether you like it or not

Been saying it for years.

[rms013]

2. From the Nazi playbook

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
The_Craven

Joseph Goebbels quote

[vanlassie]

3. And therein lies the difference that matters- BELIEF is chosen,

TRUTH is verifiable.