How do you respond
to the absurd?
How do intelligent people—
repeat,
like ditto-heads,
words they heard,
hoping to shut down
those who disagree?
They have forgotten
even the meaning of the word—
truth.
“You don’t like what he says
because you know it’s true?”
What is it?
It is a true opinion—
and so, we each have
true opinions,
containing different
ideas,
preferences,
values,
internal perceptions.
I get truth
from the weather report—
temperature,
cloudiness,
wind or calm.
And yet—
one says,
"it’s too warm."
another,
"it’s too cool."
Those are true perceptions.
But where we disagree—
there is subjectivity:
preferences,
values,
morals.
Are you saying
I am—
immoral?
My response was:
Are you saying—
"I am immoral?"
You can speak—
your beliefs,
your values,
your ideas—
all subjective.
And I can do the same.
We are both—
sharing true opinions,
true values,
true beliefs,
true perceptions.
But that doesn’t make them
Truth.