Category: Truthfulness
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Naomi Wolf on Tucker Carlson’s J6 Revelations
A rich Substack article that ends thusly: The gatekeepers who lie to the public about the most consequential events of our time — and who thus damage our nation, distort our history, and deprive half of our citizenry of their right to speak, champion and choose, without being tarred as would-be violent traitors – deserve…
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Bullshitting and Lying
Top o' the Stack.
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Tulsi Gabbard Exposes George Santos
Would that Tulsi would and could lay bare the brazen bullshit of every single swamp critter in the District of Columbia from the life-long liar Joey B. on down and not leaving out Alejandro Mayorkas, 'Director of Homeland Security' — how is that for an Orwellian title! — and Elizabeth 'Fauxcahontas' Warren, and do it…
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Truth and Decision
One cannot decide what the truth is. But one can and must decide what one will accept and live by as the truth.
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Yes, I Repeat Myself
Leftists constantly repeat their brazen lies in the hope that eventually they will be taken for truths. So we of the Coalition of the Sane and the Reasonable need constantly to repeat truths. Not our truths, for there is no such thing as 'our' truth or 'my' truth or 'your' truth.' Truth is not subject…
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Truth and Power
'Speaking truth to power' is a phrase leftists love when they are out of power; in power, they exercise it, and truth be damned. They imbibed mendacity with their mothers' milk.
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A Foolish Notion
Foolish is the notion that the truth must not be spoken if it could possibly be used to harm someone or hurt his feelings.
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Spiritual Mountebanks
The world is full of hustlers and charlatans who prey upon spiritual seekers. One ought to be suspicious of anyone who claims enlightenment or special powers. The acid test, perhaps, is whether they demand money or sex for their services. If they do, run away while holding onto your wallet. 'Bhagwan Shree' Rajneesh is a good…
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Lie or Exaggeration or Bullshit? Politics in an Age of Bullshit
A redacted re-post from 30 November 2016 ……………………………….. Over the weekend, Donald Trump bragged in signature style that he “won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Lefties are calling the statement a lie. But it is no such thing. In the typical case, a lie is a false…
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The Infirmity of Truth
Having the truth is no defense in the court of the politically correct. For that court lies in the precincts of power, and here below truth is no match for power unless those who are truthful also have power. But the paths to power are often paved with lies and their necessity. Rare then is…
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‘Knowingly Lied’
'Knowingly lied' is a pleonastic expression. One cannot lie without intending to deceive. And one cannot intend to do X without knowing that one intends to do X. So one cannot lie without lying knowingly: there is no such thing as an unknowing or unwitting lie. It follows that 'knowingly lied' is a pleonastic or…
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LIes and Counterfactuals
Suppose I say 1) Had Jeb Bush won the 2016 Republican nomination, Hillary Clinton would have won the presidential election. Suppose a Never-Trumper calls me a liar. Have I lied? A lie is an intentional misrepresentation of a truth known by the one who lies in order to deceive the person or persons being lied…
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Spiritual Mountebanks
The world is full of hustlers and charlatans who prey upon spiritual seekers. One ought to be suspicious of anyone who claims enlightenment or special powers. The acid test, perhaps, is whether they demand money or sex for their services. If they do, run away while holding onto your wallet. 'Bhagwan Shree' Rajneesh , now the…
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Why Lie?
Why lie when the facts are easily established and indeed well known? Hillary is famous for this, but Elizabeth Warren, the 'Cherokee' Pinocchio, takes the cake. See also Elizabeth Warren Went Native. Related: Hillary the Fabulist. It begins: It has been said of Bill Clinton that he'd rather climb a tree and tell a lie than…
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Anti-Natalism and the Search for Truth
C. L. writes and I respond in blue: You never seem to allow comments on the posts I want to comment on, so I'm forced to add another email to your overwhelming pile. BV: Well, my pile is not that bad. This is one of the many benefits of relative obscurity. And I am happy…