Gorgritch_Umie_Killa to Australian Politics · 13 days agoMisleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising lawstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkMisleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising lawstheconversation.comGorgritch_Umie_Killa to Australian Politics · 13 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareGorgritch_Umie_KillaOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-212 days agoOkay, sure. Our only difference is we’re working off different meanings of truth for this. To this, Truth needs to be verifiable in these situations, otherwise it can’t be established and actionable. Even if someone is telling the truth, if they cannot prove that truth, the ‘rest’ (other people) cannot rely on it. Edit: so the definition of truth i’m working from agrees with your demand for these situations to have verifiable facts.
Okay, sure. Our only difference is we’re working off different meanings of truth for this.
To this,
Truth needs to be verifiable in these situations, otherwise it can’t be established and actionable.
Even if someone is telling the truth, if they cannot prove that truth, the ‘rest’ (other people) cannot rely on it.
Edit: so the definition of truth i’m working from agrees with your demand for these situations to have verifiable facts.