Thus it would be wise for those who posted it to pull it down. So there you go: Andrews did NOT say this. protesting is selfish and stupid.’ But what does it say that people can’t tell the difference!?!? Lol” Even I had to read the piece twice before fully getting all this! It was a good piece of satire indeed! And to remove all doubt, I looked at his page and saw that some others were asking him about the quote.Īnd there I saw that James said this about it: “It’s satire, based on something Andrews DID say … that ‘all of this could have been avoided if people didn’t protest. So James had a bunch of “quotes” which were a blend of true and false quotes. Good satire of course leaves you wondering if something is actually true or not. Sure enough, the quote came from a terrific satire piece by James Macpherson: So I did a quick web search, and then I unliked them.
But regardless of how bad Andrews is, this still sounded way too nuts, even for a tyrant like him. So I initially did a quick “like” to two of these memes. Now I know that he certainly does think this way, and he has actually said similar sorts of things. It had him saying that human rights are selfish and stupid. It had a pic of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews along with a “quote”. The biblical advice to “test all things” is certainly appropriate here.Īs a case in point, let me mention a meme that was widely making the rounds just the other day. When it seems just too far out or too incredible, it is always worth checking more closely before running with it. Sometimes if a quote is too good to be true – or too utterly bizarre and idiotic to be true – then it may well NOT be true. Often this takes the form of “quotes” being run with. The social media is rife with dodgy posts, malicious memes, and fake info. Our side at least needs to be careful here. In an internet age of course all sorts of fake news and bogus information is constantly circulating. Or perhaps explaining that you have come upon new information that somewhat alters your earlier claims. Usually just removing the incorrect post will suffice. But once we are alerted to any mistakes or misinformation we may have shared, it is always good to make amends. Sure, we can all make mistakes, and at times we may run with an argument or some data that upon closer inspection turns out to be not fully true. But our side should want nothing to do with truth-twisting, deception, and the sloppy use of facts and evidence. Yes, the secular left is notorious for trampling on truth and peddling falsehoods – it is part of their MO. One might be tempted to let the truth slide a bit in order to win some rounds in the culture wars, but we dare not.
While all sides can play fast and loose with the truth, for the conservative – especially the conservative who is a Christian – truth matters supremely. Care is needed in what we post and share online:Īnyone who has been involved in the culture wars knows that the biggest casualty in the various battles is truth itself.
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