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Yes, sometimes it seems that way but I think we should be careful about excusing this sort of thing that way. For years before Trump I heard many say "all poli
by tomComb 6y ago
Yes, sometimes it seems that way but I think we should be careful about excusing this sort of thing that way.
For years before Trump I heard many say "all politicians lie" which is clearly not literally true, but became an excuse for not finding and rewarding the honest ones.
Or, "all the media outlets are crap" is used as an excuse to just read whatever pandering crap one wants to be true and to stop even trying to find quality media.
And (IMO) look where that has led us.
- darkerside 6y agoI would clarify this as, all politicians do lie, including Trump, because truth is not black and white, and people often speak in inconsistencies. So a single lie should not become a litmus test to disqualify any candidate, and instead we should overweight their post statement reaction (the "empty apology") much more than we do now.