#PolicyBasedEvidence

2023-11-10

Reality has a distinct anti-conservative bias, but conservatives have an answer: when the facts don't support your policies, just get different facts. Who needs #EvidenceBasedPolicy when you can have #PolicyBasedEvidence?

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An old photo of a 19th century telephone transmission tower with thousands of wires streaming off of it. The three wise monkeys are arrayed around it, with string-connected tin cans joining them. The top spires of the tower all sport American flags.


Image:
Japanexperterna.se (modified)
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Mike Mozart (modified)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/14325839070/

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/14489390566/

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