TeenageRepublican
06-24-2008, 10:04 AM
ROSEN: Exposing 'falsisms' (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/13/rosen-exposing-falsisms/)
If a "truism" is a statement, the truth of which is obvious and universally accepted, then there ought to be another term - let's call it a "falsism" - for statements that we hear all the time that aren't true, even if widely accepted by people who've never given them much thought. Here are a few examples:
<Snip... Snip> (or however you do it)
"War achieves nothing." This may be an impassioned plea of pacifists but it doesn't hold up to rational scrutiny or the historical record. Sadly, war might wreak death and destruction, but the pertinent word here is achieves. If we define that as bringing about a desired outcome, wars have accomplished a great deal - for evil or good - from biblical times to the Roman Empire to the Middle East today.
I swear to God, Mike Rosen is a genius. He is one of the most intelligent talkshow hosts out there. He's filled in for Rush Limbaugh a couple of times in the past, which is really odd because Mike is a libertarian (he's pro-abortion) and Rush is a conservative.
If a "truism" is a statement, the truth of which is obvious and universally accepted, then there ought to be another term - let's call it a "falsism" - for statements that we hear all the time that aren't true, even if widely accepted by people who've never given them much thought. Here are a few examples:
<Snip... Snip> (or however you do it)
"War achieves nothing." This may be an impassioned plea of pacifists but it doesn't hold up to rational scrutiny or the historical record. Sadly, war might wreak death and destruction, but the pertinent word here is achieves. If we define that as bringing about a desired outcome, wars have accomplished a great deal - for evil or good - from biblical times to the Roman Empire to the Middle East today.
I swear to God, Mike Rosen is a genius. He is one of the most intelligent talkshow hosts out there. He's filled in for Rush Limbaugh a couple of times in the past, which is really odd because Mike is a libertarian (he's pro-abortion) and Rush is a conservative.