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FALLACY OR LIE š¤„
<p><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Always know the difference between a fallacy and a lie.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>Quick story.</p><p><br/></p><p>A man walks into a restaurant.</p><p>Heās about to place an order when he sees the manager fixing the door.</p><p>She tells the sales girl to serve him.</p><p><br/></p><p>The sales girl serves him ā reluctantly.</p><p>The manager notices and quietly wonders why.</p><p><br/></p><p>The man sits and starts eating, but something about him feels off.</p><p>Very off.</p><p>Heās acting creepy, staring down at his food like someone carrying a dark weight.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he asks for the ownerās number.</p><p>The manager says no ā company policy.</p><p>He keeps insisting.</p><p>She keeps refusing.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he tells her to sit.</p><p><br/></p><p>And he begins:</p><p><br/></p><p>āThat sales girl who served meā¦ she once claimed I raped her.</p><p>She lied.</p><p>I was beaten because of that lie.</p><p>And I came today so youāll know the kind of girl youāre working with.</p><p>Be very careful.ā</p><p><br/></p><p>The manager doesnāt know what to say.</p><p>She sits.</p><p>Listens.</p><p>Then replies:</p><p><br/></p><p>āI donāt interfere in my staffās personal life.</p><p>But from everything youāve said, the only thing Iām hearing clearly is that youāre warning me to be careful with her.ā</p><p><br/></p><p>A worker suddenly calls the manager aside, so she leaves the man.</p><p><br/></p><p>Moments later, the sales girl comes to her.</p><p>And that same worker quietly tells the manager:</p><p><br/></p><p>āThat manā¦ heās the one who raped her.ā</p><p><br/></p><p>Two stories.</p><p>Two versions.</p><p>Two narratives trying to stand on one truth.</p><p><br/></p><p>But both cannot be true.</p><p><br/></p><p>Somewhere in those sentences, there is a fallacy ā a twisted logic meant to shift blame, gain sympathy, or confuse the listener.</p><p><br/></p><p>A lie is when someone changes the fact.</p><p>A fallacy is when someone changes the interpretation.</p><p><br/></p><p>One attacks truth.</p><p>The other attacks perception.</p><p><br/></p><p>And sometimes, the calmest storyteller is the most dangerous one.</p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000102361.png"/></p><p><br/></p>
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