Wednesday, August 03, 2022
True And Not True
The Sandy Hook trial to determine damages from lies told about the elementary school shootings have taken a philosophical turn. The trial focuses on Alex Jones and what he published in InfoWars about the gun-downs of children 10 years ago. Jones said the shootings were a hoax and he attacked in print the parents of the deceased youths. Jones said he wrote what he did because he believed the lies to be true. The judge cautioned him by pointing out that believing lines doesn't make them true. "You believe everything you say is true, but your beliefs do not make something true." This simple but profound statement could be applied to swathes of conspiracy theories prevalent today, including the 2020 presidential election, which Trump erroneously believes was stolen. Would that the judge's words were applied outside of the courtroom.
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