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
“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.
Orange you glad he’s going to prison.
OK, probably wishful coping on my part. Fingers crossed.
Lets all agree to disagree