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Offline Weird Tolkienish Figure

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When lies catch up to the White House
« on: February 14, 2017, 09:17:05 am »
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/michael-flynn-resignation/


If Trump thinks the word of the White House can be whatever he wishes it to be whenever he wishes it, he is setting himself up for disaster. He too can lose the trust of the people who support him; he too can be considered a denizen of the swamp he promises to drain rather than the man who’s draining it. Having everybody lie is a good way to achieve just that. Indeed, it is amusing to consider that Flynn’s downfall may have come from him lying to Vice President Pence, since demonstrating a boundless capacity to lie seems to be the sort of thing Trump requires as a display of fealty to him personally rather than any abstract value like the truth.
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Offline Smokin Joe

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Re: When lies catch up to the White House
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2017, 09:28:18 am »
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How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis
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