Alternative Facts

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:23

Could someone explain what an "alternative fact" is please?

Mynight · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:26

Like a fact but not.

Avenged7Fold · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:30

Like alternative medicine, it's BS

wildman · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:31

[TFU] Thegoon84;30434158 said:
Could someone explain what an "alternative fact" is please?

it's an economy of the truth used to brainwash morons into supporting your position.

Moley · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:32

It's when two opposing sides in an debate present the facts that they see as relevant to boosting their argument. Those 'facts' are sometimes actually just opinion or maybe considered by one side or the other to be more or less relevant to the debate being had.

It's really not the current silly idea being touted by the media.

Bunka · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:35

In most cases, it's just lies that are used to influence the opinions of people that don't know any better.

Avenged7Fold · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:35

Moley said:
It's really not the current silly idea being touted by the media.

I'm pretty sure OP was after the 'alternative definition' rather than the definition.

Cleisthenes · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:38

It's the source of a hilarious hashtag.

scorza · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:39

Facts are often misused by mainstream politicians to further their self-serving policies e.g. EU migrants are overall, net contributors to the UK economy. Alternative facts are facts which you'll never hear the compliant media report e.g. EU migrants are net contributors to the UK economy unless they settle here, start a family, retire and eventually die here - in which case they will be a net drain to the UK economy.

Avenged7Fold · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:41

Was that 'alternative subtlety' scorza?

sigma · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:41

They're things that people like scorza have wet dreams about.

Cleisthenes · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:42

sigma said:
They're things that people like scorza have wet dreams about.

I SAW YOUR GRAMMATICAL BLUNDER

SixTwoSix · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:42

£350M a week to the EU was a good example.

sigma · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:42

Cleisthenes said:
I SAW YOUR GRAMMATICAL BLUNDER

Auto-correct fail (x2).

Cleisthenes · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:43

sigma said:
Auto-correcr fault.

This is gold

sigma · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:44

Not sure what you're on about!

chroniclard · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:44

Its just a lie.

MikeTheNative · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:50

I've never heard of that before sounds like 'post truth' to me. I.e. a lie.

RDM · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:54

MikeTheNative said:
I've never heard of that before sounds like 'post truth' to me. I.e. a lie.

Post truth doesn't really mean a lie, it means an emotional argument rather than a factual argument. Lies may or may not be involved.

gandhi · 24 Jan 2017 at 16:57

Post truth speak for "a lie"

See: Everything that comes out of Donald Trump, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove's Mouths.