When we ASSUME things to be true, even when they are not, we get into logical quagmires.
An example? When we ASSUME that the War Between the States was strictly a war about slavery, nothing else.
Or when we ASSUME that the South fought to preserve slavery. Or that the Confederate flag is racist.
Let's digest that terrible word ASSUME.
ASS-U-ME.
When we ASSUME, it makes an ASS out of you, and an ASS out of me.
ASS-U-ME.
A very bad thing.
The word "ass" here refers to the mule, the dumbest and most stubborn of animals. The mule is not capable of reason or logic or conclusions. I don't want to be like the proverbial ass.
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