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Comment No one holds exclusive rights to the truth (Score 1) 336

I know many of us can't help ourselves but to try and come up with some sort of solution to every perceived injustice or error, but I can think of few things more dangerous to the exchange of ideas than some blessed organization being given the perceived coronation as keepers of the truth.

Truth will always be fact, not opinion. As scientific as we try to be, we still cannot separate our opinions from the truth we see. The sad state of journalism from Fox News to the New York Times shows that both sides of the political spectrum taint their reporting of "facts" with their own story-telling skills.

If you want a single source of truth, look into your own mind. It is your right and responsibility as an individual to figure it out for yourself. While the creation of some "ministry of truth" would probably pass by the SCOTUS, the founding fathers would spin in their graves as this does fly in the face of the meaning of the right for people to have their own opinions and speak them out - because it means they think for themselves.

It is foolish that we would even consider going back to a stage where we give our ruling class that kind of credibility.

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