Does Lying Matter? If So, How Much?

[Dill]

(02-02-2017, 08:45 AM)Stewy Wrote: Slants and skews are still lying.  The problem i the sheeple don't recognize rhetoric as lies.  Just because Trumps lies are more obvious to the dumb, doesn't make it any less egregious.  Politicians have been lying for the greater good and for their own benefit for 200+ years.  But *SHOCK* and *AMAZEMENT* now we want to call out the president on it.  Good luck on that front.  Trump won't care.  He's been lying for years, and been called out for it for years.  He just shouts back all the louder with his big mouth, lying more or defaming his critics, and moves out by dismissing them.

Calling out a politician and a known liar on his lying.  lol  Good luck.

Calling politicians to account is necessary in a Democracy. Claiming slants and skews are "still lying" just erases the distinction between Hitler and Lincoln. 

The press and people called out Nixon's lies and he resigned from office. That happened because people cared enough about truth, and because in this country presidents are not kings. But even Nixon knew the difference between rumor and vetted intel.

The press and people are calling out Trump's lies as well, but the difference now is that a large enough segment of the population believes his lies to confound the accountability necessary for sound governance.

So yes, we want to call every president on lying, and especially this one.