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What would happen if "conservatives" stopped lying? (Original Post) Cary Jan 2019 OP
Their noses wouldn't grow any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1
Hell would freeze over. ooky Jan 2019 #2
Agreed Sherman A1 Jan 2019 #9
They would die from holding it in. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #3
The seas would part and god would appear saying WTF! democratisphere Jan 2019 #4
Less CO2 in the air?? Diminished global warming?? dameatball Jan 2019 #5
if you mean if they started telling the truth? dweller Jan 2019 #6
the world would become a quieter, more honest place? 0rganism Jan 2019 #7
I imagine the two feed each other. Cary Jan 2019 #13
Sadly, not all liars are conservative. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #8
You are looking at it a little differently than I am Cary Jan 2019 #12
I don't know. Clearly this is beyond me. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #14
Just a thought experiment. Cary Jan 2019 #15
Stopped lying? They would sit up, take a look around, then stand up straight and do something. yonder Jan 2019 #10
... BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #11

dweller

(23,628 posts)
6. if you mean if they started telling the truth?
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:12 PM
Jan 2019

their tongues would snap off in protest, so it ain't happening


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0rganism

(23,939 posts)
7. the world would become a quieter, more honest place?
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:13 PM
Jan 2019

> 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".

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. Sadly, not all liars are conservative.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:17 PM
Jan 2019
Or are they "conservative" because they are liars?
Sadly, not all liars are conservative. I do not believe the two things are connected like that. But I have observed that more conservatives are liars than are progressives.

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)
12. You are looking at it a little differently than I am
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:43 PM
Jan 2019

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.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
15. Just a thought experiment.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:33 PM
Jan 2019

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)
10. Stopped lying? They would sit up, take a look around, then stand up straight and do something.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jan 2019

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.

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