Rabbi Michael Oblath "Alternative facts" are the inevitable result of post-modern thinking, which asserts (quite confidently) that there is no truth, except the truth that there is no truth. It's all the subjective result of our perception ... essentially one big delusion.

Interestingly, those who hold to that belief are the most vociferous about countering "facts" they disagree with. It's "truth" if they agree with it, but if they don't, then the person asserting it is stupid, insane and/or evil. And they absolutely do not see the irony in their belief system or the difficulty of knowing anything in a world where there is no actual truth.

The Obama administration did this for 8 years ... they were just more smooth in how they did it. So why are we surprised that the Trump administration does it now? The American gov't has been dealing in alternative facts at least since the FDR administration, successfully duping the American public. Why change tactics now?