Letters to the Editor: Dec. 27: Second Amendment, homelessness in Tucson, post truth, COVID vaccine – Arizona Daily Star

Officials ignoring our problem

As I drove into work today, I couldnt help but notice the homeless camps spreading from Golf Links and Craycroft (2 miles) all the way to Campbell Avenue. There are now cars driving into these camps, and today I witnessed someone digging holes with a large shovel. I couldnt help but notice that two vehicles (City of Tucson) at 9:50 a.m. stood around and swept the sidewalks (really?), where just a mile down the road is where the problem lies. Not sure who to complain to, the city, Pima County, mayor or council members. I find it embarrassing how our city has become. Why do you all just turn the other way when this needs to be handled delicately, as well as firmly?

America's post-truth cancer

Post-truth has been defined as the contention that feelings are more accurate than facts, for the purpose of the political subordination of reality. This mindset is now rampant in America with a major faction of voters embracing this concept. Suddenly, our universities are nothing more than a Communist plot. Suddenly, science has a grand plan to subjugate the American people in some sort of deep state plot. Post-truth thrives on paranoia and confirmation bias in a broken society. Authoritarians depend on post-truth to gain power, since truth is the enemy of authoritarianism. Once a political role model convinces followers that only he holds the truth, then the most ridiculous things can become reality. The old truth can easily become a traitor, as fallacy becomes the norm. A quote attributed to George Orwell says, "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." Our embracing of post-truth is the embracing of authoritarianism. We are on a dangerous path.

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