Does truth matter?

Does truth matter?
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Truth, as a construct, matters to me mostly when others claim to have it and, going further, take steps (as or through structures or systems or societal institutions) to pathologize any other way of seeing/being/knowing what’s true when it comes to a less ‘legitimate’ group.
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