“Fake news.” – used to negate the sources of an argument, often while providing alternate or misleading information to push an individual’s own interpretation of a subject; popularized by politicians in the US in 2016
Oh, yeah, just “politicians”. There was one in particular, but I forget which one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché?wprov=sfla1
Lets all agree to disagree
The phrase “thought terminating cliche” is itself a thought terminating cliche.
You slap that label on a saying, and now you don’t have to think in order to figure out what it really means.
It can be a thought terminating cliche. Like most TTCs, it can be pointing at some true aspect of reality, and be used to not go deeper than that
Oh, yeah, just “politicians”. There was one in particular, but I forget which one.
Orange you glad he’s going to prison.
OK, probably wishful coping on my part. Fingers crossed.