Where I Stand: regarding claims

Slogans are not necessarily truth.

Nobody, when opposed, retorts that there's no absolute truth
if he thinks he can defend his position on merit.

Some distinctions really are binary.

A great many distinctions really are discrete and enumerable.

If anyone presents hard, verifiable facts, look at the facts,
and then consider his argument, if he has one based on those facts.

If anyone does not present hard verifiable facts, put him in his place.
Especially if he yells a lot.

If anyone treats hard, verifiable facts with contempt, treat him with contempt.

If the facts back you up, stand your ground.

Nobody tells just one lie. If you catch somebody in a lie,
you've caught yourself a liar.

Beware one-sided accounts of the facts. Always look for the other side of the equation.

An assertion of fact is not the same thing as a fact. A fact is something you can verify.

Not everyone who says he's been wronged has been wronged.

Not everyone who says he's won based on merit has won based on merit.

Sometimes the majority is wrong.

Sometimes the majority is right.

The difference between a principled stand and bullheadedness
is that the one is well thought out, and the other is not.

One man's principled stand is another man's pigheadedness. And vice versa.

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