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> The number of falsehoods spread about Trump is Fun fact: there are interesting things in the world that aren't "about Trump." Most of the falsehoods of publ
by myfirsthrowaway 6y ago
> The number of falsehoods spread about Trump is
Fun fact: there are interesting things in the world that aren't "about Trump." Most of the falsehoods of public concern fall into this category.
- glaciar_like 6y agoFalsehoods concerning the most powerful person in Government and anyone who allies themselves with him are a significant issue of public interest. Sure there are other sorts of lies, but I don't disagree. Not sure what your point is.
- myfirsthrowaway 6y agoYou made this about Trump, maybe unwittingly. The OP was mostly about Scalise, if anyone. That was my point. It must be noted that falsehoods about this "most powerful person in Government" are highly asymmetrical with falsehoods from him. If Barack Obama had gone around the country in 2015 claiming that Donald Trump was not born in America, that would have been worse than Trump doing the same to him, because he would have been abusing the position of authority that our society affords him as this "most powerful person." But this isn't a battle between competing sets of falsehoods. This is a battle over the very idea of truth.