Originally Posted by
zinderel
Re: “Both sides lie!”
I think we are pretending that people are...more honest than we are. People lie. People spin yarns. We stretch the truth. NO ONE tells the whole truth all the time, and anyone who says they do is...well, lying.
Now, Politicians lie more than average humans. We all know that. We accept it as part of politics, for good or bad, because it has ALWAYS been like this.
But lemme tell you...If I have two politicians (who are, by definition, professional liars) trying to get me to vote for them, and one lies to me and says “You can keep your old doctor on the ACA!” and I figure out that was a lie, and the politician is like, “Well, OK, MOST people can, but some will have to find new doctors after all...”, I’ll be disappointed. It’s a lie that didn’t need to be told, and it’s a hassle, but...I’ll get over it.
Now, the other guy lies to me and says “We aren’t locking up immigrants in camps!” and then I find out they ARE, and they say, “Well, Ok, we ARE locking them up, but they are living in great conditions!” And then I find out they are sleeping on floors in piles? And the response is, “Well, OK, they are caged like animals, but at least the kids are well fed and cared for!” And then I find out that kids are starving and dying of preventable illnesses and being molested and abused and ripped from their mothers and family and denied the use of toilets? And the response when I call the liar out is, “Well, they’re ONLY illegal immigrants...”?
Yeah. One liar is HANDS DOWN worse and flat out evil...