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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4636183" data-attributes="member: 56035">im not sure what your saying.&nbsp; my guys dont believe in objective reporting if that helps because they think its ridiculous.&nbsp; i wanted to put this here because you seem to be a neutral guy.&nbsp; get info from a variety of perspectives and then reach a conclusion:“Why should we cherish “objectivity”, as if ideas were innocent, as if they don’t serve one interest or another? Surely, we want to be objective if that means telling the truth as we see it, not concealing information that may be embarrassing to our point of view. But we don’t want to be objective if it means pretending that ideas don’t play a part in the social struggles of our time, that we don’t take sides in those struggles.&nbsp; &nbsp; Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed in certain ways, neutrality means accepting the way things are now. It is a world of clashing interests – war against peace, nationalism against internationalism, equality against greed, and democracy against elitism – and it seems to me both impossible and undesirable to be neutral in those conflicts.”&nbsp; &nbsp; [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/268275-why-should-we-cherish-objectivity-as-if-ideas-were-innocent[/URL]one way of telling if something is true or not is what do guys say and what actually happens.&nbsp; ralph nader actually wrote a whole book on this called i told you so.what do you mean the self is the only thing i can know to be true?&nbsp; i disagree with the idea that im the only thing thats real.&nbsp; sounds like BS ego talk.&nbsp; i could be fake but then id assume everyone is too.&nbsp; im a huge believer in reflections on teh wall philosophy and evil deceiver.i dont understand your point.&nbsp; sometimes you dont understand that people dont understand you.alot of what i believe to be true is based on faith and common sense, thinking, and a reference system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4636183, member: 56035"] im not sure what your saying. my guys dont believe in objective reporting if that helps because they think its ridiculous. i wanted to put this here because you seem to be a neutral guy. get info from a variety of perspectives and then reach a conclusion: [SIZE=4][B]“Why should we cherish “objectivity”, as if ideas were innocent, as if they don’t serve one interest or another? Surely, we want to be objective if that means telling the truth as we see it, not concealing information that may be embarrassing to our point of view. But we don’t want to be objective if it means pretending that ideas don’t play a part in the social struggles of our time, that we don’t take sides in those struggles. Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed in certain ways, neutrality means accepting the way things are now. It is a world of clashing interests – war against peace, nationalism against internationalism, equality against greed, and democracy against elitism – and it seems to me both impossible and undesirable to be neutral in those conflicts.” [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/268275-why-should-we-cherish-objectivity-as-if-ideas-were-innocent[/URL][/B][/SIZE] one way of telling if something is true or not is what do guys say and what actually happens. ralph nader actually wrote a whole book on this called i told you so. what do you mean the self is the only thing i can know to be true? i disagree with the idea that im the only thing thats real. sounds like BS ego talk. i could be fake but then id assume everyone is too. im a huge believer in reflections on teh wall philosophy and evil deceiver. i dont understand your point. sometimes you dont understand that people dont understand you. alot of what i believe to be true is based on faith and common sense, thinking, and a reference system. [/QUOTE]

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