There Is No Such Thing as "Your Truth" | Short Clips

what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have increasingly people speak of my truth or say it's true for me or your reality as though truth is merely a matter of opinion or perspective at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards Oprah Winfrey famously said that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have now you can have your experience or your perspective but there's no such thing as your truth or my truth there is only the truth that which is true for everyone as wall street journal writer byron tao noted Oprah employed a phrase that I've noticed a lot of other celebrities using these days your truth instead of the truth but he added your truth undermines the idea of shared common facts and here's another problem with your truth if your truth is truth anyone who doesn't hold that truth must be wrong this sounds a lot like narcissism and its intellectual bullying believe my truth or else not exactly a positive Pro truth message yeah truth is going through a tough time so let's review truth can't be relative if it is relative it's not truth to say there is no truth for all people is to declare a truth for all people in effect you're saying it's true that there is no truth and to declare that both your and my opinions are true even if they contradict one another is to speak nonsense truth is an opinion or preference it's not subjective or relative it is inescapable because reality is inescapable no amount of double-talk will change that and that's the truth