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tdawg-1551 t1_jdsnqke wrote

WTF is that? How is that even a thing someone thinks up?

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SWMO19 t1_jdstgs1 wrote

Without a doubt, the group behind this are terrible people with terrible ideals BUT this is unfortunately a practice with a small portion of the community. Just like any large community has fucked up sects with fucked up practices that the larger majority do not endorse. But yeah, there is a half truth to this but for entirely the wrong reasons.

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Advanced_Car1599 t1_jdv28zf wrote

There is no such thing as a “half truth.” You are blinded by media jargon. Something either occurred or or did not.

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Hem0g0blin t1_jdw7fp2 wrote

What would you call something that is true, but presented in a way that omits critical information about the truth?

In a sworn testimony, you swear to tell the "whole truth", which implies the existence of partial truths.

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Advanced_Car1599 t1_jdwh9gz wrote

So the way I'm reading this, you're combining a truthful/non-truthful comment as well as evidence or context of that comment. Those items are non synonymous. From a legalistic standpoint, "the whole truth" refers to the truthful statement plus context or suggested evidence to support the truthful statement. The "whole truth" does not imply there is any ambiguity around the factual occurrence of the event/etc in question based on context.

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Hem0g0blin t1_jdx13wg wrote

I'm just saying that I think a "half truth" is a thing, and not just media jargon. Don't take my word on it though, it's in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and the Collins Dictionary.

>From a legalistic standpoint, "the whole truth" refers to the truthful statement plus context or suggested evidence to support the truthful statement. The "whole truth" does not imply there is any ambiguity around the factual occurrence of the event/etc in question based on context.

TheLawDictionary.org defines a half-truth as:

"a deceitful act where only part of the truth is told where all of the truth will lead to a different conclusion."

This reads to me like there is ambiguity due to the lack of full context.

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drsideburns t1_jdsxfwi wrote

Ok Hear me out… I’m against whatever those antisemitic fucks are peddling, but there is some truth to it.

The article is older from 2006, but the estimate was that there were 2000 to 4000 incidents of it happening, but it’s entirely hard to tell for sure. And this is only within the ultra-orthodox community.

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