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Friday, February 19, 2016
The Stupid Truthiness Of Lying About Lying
About this already widely cited exchange with Hillary Clinton on honesty: An honest person tries to tell the truth but also knows that truth-telling for finite error prone human beings
is too fraught an effort for one to presume one always actually manages the feat. People have an unconscious, people have secrets, people proceed in the
face of errors, divided loyalties, and demanding contingencies. In politics especially all of these factors are amplified. I am reassured by a presidential candidate who values honesty would feel these realities especially keenly. I think it is rather hilarious that so many people are now saying Hillary declaring she
earnestly tries to tell the truth makes her more a liar than lying about it would.
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