What is the naked truth?

“We still hear the politicians and media shouting “democracy” and “The Constitution,” and “decency” and “equality,” which has all finally begun to sicken those who have seen the naked truth: That we have come under totalitarian and fascist domination. Who will deliver us now from this nightmare? We have failed in taking responsibility for our own survival and the future of our children.”

And that, boys and girls out there in radio land, is the raw naked truth! — jtl, 419

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We still hear the politicians and media shouting “democracy” and “The Constitution,” and “decency” and “equality,” which has all finally begun to sicken those who have seen the naked truth: That we have come under totalitarian and fascist domination. Who will deliver us now from this nightmare? We have failed in taking responsibility for our own survival and the future of our children.

And that, boys and girls out there in radio land, is the raw naked truth! — jtl, 419

The Greek philosopher Democritus was the first to suspect the existence of atoms. He also said that “Truth lies at the bottom of a well,” since the water serves as a mirror to reflect back that which looks down on it.

But there’s another meaning to the phrase that I was reminded of recently.