Wisbech Eagle
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- Location
- Truro Cornwall
- Country
England
That’s all bs!Pure doublespeak. This insistence on defending the official line serves no purpose other than to protect your own ego and inability to admit being wrong. Remember when you tried to pretend the virus didn't originate in the Wuhan lab because it didn't fit with the official line?
I have never pretended the virus didn’t originate in the Wuhan lab! I said we didn’t know and probably would never know, given the lack of cooperation from the Chinese. That remains true. The lab leak hypothesis remains a credible theory. It’s not proven.
Nor am defending an official line, myself or anyone else.
I am speaking the truth as I perceive it. You are entitled to disagree but not to call me a liar.
I do not believe a statement made for any positive purpose, even if technically untrue, can accurately be described as a lie. It’s a well intended untruth, fabrication or harmless exaggeration.
Language matters. Context matters. Nuance is important. If we reduce everything to simple black and white definitions then our understanding decreases.