"…Truth matters. Rewriting American historywill not change American history. A law is still a law, even when a felon continues to flout the law. The truth is still the truth, even if you fire people working to combat your lies. Americans have always understood, if imperfectly at times, that truth matters. Even the Trump administration understands the power of truth. Why else would it be deleting data — on climate change, on police misconduct, on census numbers, on medical research and on gender, among others?
Republicans won't tell us the truth, and Democrats can't seem to rouse themselves into an organized effort to combat their lies. We must tell the truth ourselves. As unrelentingly as we can and in as many contexts as we can, we have no choice but to keep telling the truth until we have drowned out all the lies. Because the truth will always matter."
Fascist regimes have historically had an assault on truth. Trump's assault on the truth aims to erode trust in institutions that could prove him wrong. Fascists fear NGO's, charities, and other organizations that could disprove potential facts that they twist to suit their political agenda. It's unfortunate that we find ourselves believing our president over the many institutions and people who make them up.
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