“The sun sets in the west is a fact,” Lester declared – a statement that i find actually hilarious, and a concept that i’ve played against for many years.

I get what he’s saying. i don’t disagree with what he says by any means. We’re on the same page. Except. He says, “Any contrary view does not deserve our time or attention.”

This completely disregards the larger point, but he said it, and it’s something that’s always sat a little wrong.

Turn of phrase. Colloquialism. Figure of speech.

Sunrise, sundown. Up and down, around, and around. Archaic but accepted verbiage that’s used without considering.

You know what i mean.

He is, however, making a point about validity. In that context, he would be using it as an aphorism. A pearl of wisdom – an absolute: Everybody knows that shit.

The sun sets in the west, except – it doesn’t really: The planet turned.