Change

The liberals of old would say something to the effect of, I may disagree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it but the new liberals say I will defend your right to free speech but. And then they add the latest conceived threat often referred to as misinformation. If that is the new standard then the big question is who decides what is misinformation. Who checks the fact checkers. In matters of legality, we have the law. In matters of morality, we have community standards or religious books or the thoughts of philosophers. In matters of everyday words and activities we must rely on common sense. The old adage if it sounds to good to be true, it probably isn’t. In this new age of information individuals are going to be forced to become their own interpreters of truth. When new information is forthcoming people will learn to adjust their thinking accordingly. Those who develop their opinions on emotion will find it difficult to change when situations change. Change normally occurs over time. This happened during the Vietnam War. Most of the public were in favor of saving South Vietnam from the communist threat but as time past more and more began to see things differently and they changed. The same thing is happening today in regards to Ukraine. Sometimes things can change abruptly. If today the government decided to send US ground troops to Ukraine the antiwar sentiment would spike. They would forget all about the threat of Russia taking over Europe.