"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.” — Henry David Thoreau
If a farmer is accused of stretching the milk by thinning it out with water, a trout in the milk would go a long way toward substantiating the accusation. Clearly, some water has gotten into the milk. You may not have him dead to rights, but you do have something that cannot be denied. It may be circumstantial, but it is damningly circumstantial.
"Suppose you found an turtle on top of a fence post. Okay. The reality of such facts indicates that something is up. But the trout in the milk merely requires us to believe that someone put it there, not that [a particular someone] did." — Douglas Wilson, Why Candace Should Stop Connecting Dots
A turtle cannot get on top of a fence post all by itself. If it is there, someone put it there. You may not have enough evidence to convict a particular someone, but you know that a particular someone was involved. It may not be enough to convict someone, but it is enough to have the conviction that someone is culpable.
If a preacher is accused of stretching the truth by thinning it out with therapy speak, a nod to same sex mirage goes a long way toward substantiating the accusation. Clearly, some wokery has gotten into the pastor's noggin as witnessed by the pride march that made its way on to his calendar.
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