Letter To The Editor
Author: Thomas Budewitz
Dear Editor:
Before he became known as one of our greatest patriots and our second president, John Adams was a renowned Boston lawyer who defended British soldiers in a trial arising from the
Boston Massacre. During that trial he said: “Facts are stubborn things, and whatever our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
In responding to my last letter Mr. Garwood defended his earlier statement of facts saying: “It just depends on where people GET their “facts” as to what they are.” NO Mr. Garwood, the term
“facts” does not belong in quotation marks. Facts are the truth. They are indelible. They do not depend on their source for their accuracy. There are no “alternative facts” as one of Trump’s
acolytes once claimed. Something is either true or it is not and whether you heard it on FOX or CNN or Newsmax or NBC doesn’t change its character as true or false.
Readers can decide for themselves what they choose to believe and distinguish between fact and fiction. I only hope that in doing so they will consider that the source they are relying upon
may not be telling the truth.
Thomas Budewitz
Townsend
