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Truth Hurts
“A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.”
Booker T. Washington
We learned as children that if there are ten kids voting and six chose option A.
Then option A would be picked regardless of what option B involved.
The consensus is majority rules in real time — we believe ideas because our peers and surroundings tell us.
And since self research is too long and boring of a task, we take our efforts to Facebook and Twitter instead.
It doesn’t matter if the majority accepts a lie or the minority disregards a truth.
We say the truth hurts for a reason — some are just more tolerant to pain.