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They are intentionally dismissing the use of significant figures.

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A lie is a deliberate attempt to convey false information. A naive conception of a lie is that it must consist of a falsehood like 2+2=5, or "pigs can fly," but a literal truth can serve equally well to convey falsehoods. In this case, the literal truth is that two statistics are not precisely the same, and the falsehood is that this disproves what those statistical figures imply.

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Half Truths and Deceptive Statements are usually more effective than Outright Fabrications, which is why people tend to prefer to use them.

They stick to the letter of the truth, but carefully omit aspects of it to violate the spirit of the truth.

this is why Kant didn't just say "don't lie" but also "don't deceive" and "don't keep secrets" and "don't omit information", Kant basically tells you to not just tell the truth, but the whole of the truth.

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That is also why court witnesses swear to tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.'

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So true, 13.21 and 57.85 is no where near 13% and 58%! Such liers!!!!

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When you don't have a leg to stand on, nitpick, you won't win the argument but you'll look like a dumbass.

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You won't win the argument in a rational sense, but that is not what these scumbags are trying to do. They are grandstanding to an audience that is not operating at a logical level of thinking, but at a primitive level of emotion and signaling. It is the bullshit principle - the more obtuse the garbage they come up with in reply, the harder it is to answer, and that makes the opponent look bad! So they win.

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You only lose to others if you let them win.

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People of good faith lose badly until they understand the game the leftists are playing. It is hard to believe at first that others can be so contemptible and manipulative, so they get the benefit of the doubt, of which which they take full advantage, grandstanding, smearing, lying and insulting. That is the only way they win, at least until they can get state power on their side.