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yellowcanine

(36,799 posts) Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:25 PM Feb 2017

Wondering if this is true and Trump knows it and is exploiting it. It is the only thing which makes sense.

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Is the truth so frightening that some people prefer lies? [View all] yellowcanine Feb 2017 OP

Some people just lie Turbineguy Feb 2017 #1

For many people the truth is that which they want to be true. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #2

I think it's more that they can't admit that they were wrong vlyons Feb 2017 #3

They can't admit that their RELIGION is wrong... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #10

lol I'm a Buddhist in the Tibetan tradition vlyons Feb 2017 #11

Precisely IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #12

Yes. no_hypocrisy Feb 2017 #4

Absolutely. Read some Hannah Arendt or Erich Fromm. HassleCat Feb 2017 #5

Trump's 2020 campaign song Bucky Feb 2017 #7

Yes. Dulcinea Feb 2017 #8

Depends on what truth you are talking about I suppose. el_bryanto Feb 2017 #9