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Fauci literally lied because he didn't trust the population with the truth. That's moving the goal posts.

• etchalon 5y ago
  No. That's lying. Moving the goal posts does not require lying, in fact in rarely includes it. It only requires that you change your argument when you're disproved.
  • Jenda_ 5y ago
    The fable "The Dragon In My Garage" by Carl Sagan is a nice demonstration of a similar concept. http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/classes/110/Sagan.pdf http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/classes/110/Sagan.pdf
    • etchalon 5y ago
      See also, The Invisible Gardener: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Invisible_Gardener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Invisible_Garde...