Author Topic: Comey & Trump - NEVER believe anything a government official says without evidence  (Read 1251 times)

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Offline segnosaur

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Do you understand my point!??!  I'm not saying what Comey is saying is false!  And it certainly looks like Trump has had some shady dealings with Russia, I'm NOT defending Trump, that's not my point.  I'm saying don't under-estimate what government is capable of, & don't take anyone's word on its face no matter how "official" it sounds.  Be skeptical, use critical thinking.
Nobody is saying "just take someone's word for it".

In the previous post I provided, evidence about russian contacts and/or questionable dealing by Trump has been: 1) admitted to (example: the white house admitting to contacts between Kushner/Flynn and the Russians), 2) verified by multiple sources (e.g. Manafort's dealings with Russians), 3) comes from a respectable news source, or 4) has some other validation (Comey's memos).

Being a skeptic and using critical thinking doesn't mean automatically questioning all evidence; you can make some basic assumptions about the accuracy of the evidence based on the quality of the source and/or the motivations of those involved.