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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat would happen if "conservatives" stopped lying?
Is that even possible? If they stopped lying would.they then be liberal? Do they lie in order to be "conservative?" Or are they "conservative" because they are liars?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)ooky
(8,922 posts)and I just checked the forecast from NOAA and it's not going to get that cold.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)dameatball
(7,396 posts)dweller
(23,628 posts)their tongues would snap off in protest, so it ain't happening
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0rganism
(23,939 posts)> Do they lie in order to be "conservative?" Or are they "conservative" because they are liars?
not mutually exlusive, it seems like the answer here could be "both".
Cary
(11,746 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)But it's an interesting question to ponder. I think if conservatives suddenly stopped lying, then Fox News would cease to exist or to have as much appeal. I think that we'd be in a much stronger position of having an impeachment result in conviction and removal.
Cary
(11,746 posts)I am thinking here if we didn't have "conservatives" what would we have? I distinguish between conservatives and the bastardization that we currently refer to as "conservative."
Lying is ingrained into that bastardization. Is it inextricable? I don't see how one can be of them and not be a liar. This predates Unindicted Co-Conspirator. Reagan had "supply-side economics" and Iran Contra. GHWB was involved in Iran Contra up to his eyeballs. GWB lied us into a war. Their few intellectuals spoke of "the noble lie."
If one is honest can one be a "conservative?" Is it "conservatism" that attracts liars?
Obviously this is all a generalization but of this time and this place I see them all, much to my dismay, as liars and racists. Pretty sad state.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Cary
(11,746 posts)What if pigs could fly and all of that?
We have "conservatives." That's a burden we must bear. They lie.
What sparked this? An idiot on Facebook insisting that everything against Unindicted Co-Conspirator is a lie and all of his nonsense about Hillary Clinton is true.
yonder
(9,663 posts)Do something wrong probably, but something.
Wait, you meant if they started being truthful and stopped winding yarns and prevaricating?
Nah, can't be done. Impossible.
Sorry.