"Other than this one key fact that the rape described actually was a fabrication of this woman, the rest of the story was bulletproof"

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[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Son of a bitch, I had to go read through to see that quote in context. Wow.

What a fantastic illustration of the mindset of these "people". I use the term loosely, because this level of raw delusion makes one question their humanity.

In this case, Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone fame. He has just described the perfect tool to justify lies of all flavors. You state the lie, and then claim that all of your conclusions based upon that foundational lie are solid; just ignore that they are constructed in support of a lie.

How this machine continues to function is mysterious to me. You'd think this level of disconnect from the solidity of reality would be unsustainable as a natural system and would collapse into chaos. That it hasn't leads to all sorts of deep existential questions.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What the hell are you talking about?

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah...

I do have this problem. Sometimes my brain gets somewhat "out there" and what I say goes from mostly useless to entirely WTF. It's a known issue.