Alan: Friend Frances says: "Trump could preface a speech with the words: "Remember friends that what I'm about to tell you is a pack of lies" and his supporters would leave the venue totally pumped by the brilliance of his presentation.
Are Corporate Leaders Egotistical Psychopaths?
Here's where American conservatives ran off the rails.
"There are two ways of lying, as there are two ways of deceiving customers. If the scale registers 15 ounces, you can say: 'It's a pound.' Your lie will remain relative to an invariable measure of the true. If customers check it, they can see that they are being robbed, and you know by how much you are robbing them: a truth remains as a judge between you. But if the demon induces you to tamper with the scale itself, it is the criterion of the true which is denatured, there is no longer any possible control. And little by little you will forget that you are cheating." Denis de Rougemont
Are Corporate Leaders Egotistical Psychopaths?
Here's where American conservatives ran off the rails.
"There are two ways of lying, as there are two ways of deceiving customers. If the scale registers 15 ounces, you can say: 'It's a pound.' Your lie will remain relative to an invariable measure of the true. If customers check it, they can see that they are being robbed, and you know by how much you are robbing them: a truth remains as a judge between you. But if the demon induces you to tamper with the scale itself, it is the criterion of the true which is denatured, there is no longer any possible control. And little by little you will forget that you are cheating." Denis de Rougemont
Earlier Today, I Heard A Trump Supporter Say: "You Don't Know What To Believe." Once Trump Gets You To Throw Up Your Hands, You Won't Be Able To Determine What's True. Instead, You'll Be More Willing To Accept Lies As Truth. This Is Why Trump Lies So Much And Says "Who Knows? We'll See" So Often. Hannah Arendt Has The Details
How Trump Trashes The Underpinnings Of Truth-And-Faith-In-Shared-
Nothing makes us stupid like anger.Irrepressible, kneejerk anger
"The New (Ab)Normal: Flood Every Media Platform With A Fire Hose Of Falsehood... And The Need For A New Journalistic Method"
LIES, LIES, LIES
How Trump Trashes The Underpinnings Of Truth-And-Faith-In-Shared-
Irrepressible, kneejerk anger
"The New (Ab)Normal: Flood Every Media Platform With A Fire Hose Of Falsehood... And The Need For A New Journalistic Method"
LIES, LIES, LIES
Donald Trump’s statements about Muslims cheering after 9/11 are just the latest in a long record of false claims. But if Trump is the most recent, maybe most flamboyant, falsifier to enter US politics, he's not the first and won't be the last. OTM takes a look at political lies, including a taxonomy and history of political untruths; a psychological examination of how and why we lie; and whether, at the end of the day, the most damaging lies aren't the ones we tell ourselves about our fellow citizens.
Alan: Trump culitsts have no intention to tell the truth, except coincindentally. They are only interested in the ideologically-driven "falsehood du jour." One minute that falsehood is ivermectin. The next minute, it's oleandrin. Then it's clorox. UV light. And now that the FDA has certified COVID vaccines as safe, you will hear NO ONE repeat the canard that these vaccines are "experimental." Ultimately, Trump cultists are driven by their cornerstone need to keep their theological beliefs alive in a world where science is undermining the importance of "healing prayer" and other forms of divine miraculousness.
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