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cthulu2016

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17. Sorry Cali, you're mistaken here.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:04 PM
Oct 2012

Last edited Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:42 PM - Edit history (2)

The primary definition is pertaining to fact.

It is generally misused, like a lot of words.

Politifact certainly could have phrased it better to aoomadate how a lot of people are bound to read it, but what is appalling here is that where the meaning is very clear in context, people insist on taking it out of context so they can have a recreational outrage party.

Noah fit all the animals on his ark is a factual claim, but not a fact.

Noah was the best of the Biblical patriarchs is not a factual claim.

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