Your essay seems to suggest that basic honesty is back in season now that Biden is in. I hope you are right, but it's not that simple. If we hope to have a new era in which politicians are routinely held to a standard of truth, the euphemisms have to disappear too, among Republicans, Democrats and even journalists.
We have learned, I ho…
Your essay seems to suggest that basic honesty is back in season now that Biden is in. I hope you are right, but it's not that simple. If we hope to have a new era in which politicians are routinely held to a standard of truth, the euphemisms have to disappear too, among Republicans, Democrats and even journalists.
We have learned, I hope, that lying has real-world consequences. A public accustomed to being lied to will eventually become destructive, not just to truth, but in other harmful ways.
Your essay seems to suggest that basic honesty is back in season now that Biden is in. I hope you are right, but it's not that simple. If we hope to have a new era in which politicians are routinely held to a standard of truth, the euphemisms have to disappear too, among Republicans, Democrats and even journalists.
We have learned, I hope, that lying has real-world consequences. A public accustomed to being lied to will eventually become destructive, not just to truth, but in other harmful ways.
It took a year before the media even used the word LIE. And 70 million people don’t even care.
A year? They still seldom call a lie a lie. This is a huge problem.
And I REALLY hope they do not continue to hand on his every word henceforward.