# Is American society increasingly "post truth"?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-society-increasingly-post-truth/769674 "2016-10-25T12:14:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-society-increasingly-post-truth/769674/28 "2016-10-26T20:51:00Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> I don’t think BLM is a good choice of example here. Most of the precipitating incidents have had accompanying video footage. So assuming the worst on that occasion, I wouldn’t take as meaning the whole movement is post facts.

To be fair, Shodan has declared that racism and police bias against black people no longer exist and therefore, any claims that it still happens are lies.

> [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/9896):
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> Fifty years ago, I was in grade school, and you weren’t even born. It’s 2016 - you could look it up.
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> Fifty years ago, racism was a significant factor in police shootings. Now, it isn’t. Jim Crow is dead, and there is no such thing as institutional racism. And nearly all the shootings BLM and related buffoons are protesting have nothing to with racism. Because it’s not fifty years ago - it’s now.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

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