Background 01 - Definition of "truth"

Ok, I'm not going to beat around the bush here. I'm going to call it like I see it, I'm going to name names, and I'm going to tell the truth, starting with the fact that, generally speaking, liberals and so-called "progressives" are not a truthful bunch. They don't apparently understand what the truth actually even is. They call people they disagree with "liars", and then they proceed to tell fabrications, untruths, and outright lies about them. I'm just now formulating my thoughts on this, but I've seen enough evidence to know that I'm on the right track. Now since the truth is going to be such an important concept here, let's get some definitions out of the way. First of all, the word "truth". Can't say as I've ever actually looked it up before, I seem to have always known instinctively what the truth is, but here it is, according to dictionary.com: Truth (n) - conformity to fact or actuality, a statement proven or accepted to be as true, sincerity; integrity, fidelity to an original or standard, reality; actuality. Yep, that's about what I thought. Something that is proven or accepted to be true. In my eyes, sincerity and integrity are key to this, because if you are sincere, forthright and honest in your thoughts and words, and, in this spirit, you express something that is proven or accepted to be true, then you are "telling the truth". While we're at it, another crucial concept is going to be that of a "lie", so let's do that up too: Lie (n) - a false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood, something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. I was going to continue with an analysis of truth and lies, but I found a good article on it in Wikipedia. I selected to excerpt the entry on "lie", since we don't really have a problem with the truth (except for maybe a lack of it on the left) but the libs definitely have a problem with the definition of the word "lie". Check it out: "To tell a lie is to make a declarative statement to another person that one believes to be false, with the intention that the other person believe that statement to be true, and with the intention that the other person believe that one believes the statement to be true. "A true statement may be presented as a lie. If relevant deceptive intentions are present to make the statement appear false even though the statement is true, then this is an example of lying. However, if one who makes the true statement genuinely believes it to be false, this is rather a true "mistake" and must not be confused with lying. When a person lies they are necessarily being untruthful, but they are not necessarily making a false statement." --Wikipedia contributors, "Lie," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lie&oldid=45550591 (accessed March 27, 2006).