The NY Times headline writers are apparently prohibited from calling extremist liars what they are.

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nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 When was the last time calling somebody "liar", even when factual, was an effective political strategy?

To me, Ramaswamy is more offensive as being a cheap little fuzznuts knockoff of Trump. It's so cringe when you see kids trying to mimic "adult" behavior.

nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 Seen from Europe, it's been obvious for a while that the NYT flies high into another dimension.

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Yes. Postfactuality is just a word for public voices failing to call out liars and lies.

https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783956508578-99.pdf

nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 Sorry, but in my book saying someone is "dispensing with the facts" IS calling them a liar. It just changes the tone by expressing it in a more formal register.