Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Whatever happened to not trusting liars? (#1187)

Is our citizenry so devoid of what the truth is that when they hear a lie, they don't know it's a lie? Or is it that many of our citizenry don't care about what some lie about? Truth telling may seem naive, however, truth is what separates us from the insane among us. If we were all telling lies to each other it would be utter chaos. So my question still stands, why do we honor liars? If the current trend continues then I have a little less hope for our species overall. I have always thought of our species as an anomaly among life forms here in our existence. We humans could learn and evaluate with some general agreements about what current facts exist. We would then pass these facts along to our youngsters for them to build upon. But if what we are passing along are lies instead of truths, then we are setting our society up to crumble. We are not building upon factual foundations but instead we are building upon manipulated lies passing themselves off as truths. This is a great time to be alive in our society but it is also a terrible time to be alive. We are reaching the fork in the road, where we must decide as a society if we are going to allow for lies to guide our society or are we going to continue on the path of reaching for the truth, no matter the cost. I highlight some in our political leadership institutions and some who want to lead our society. They have a tendency to say whatever they feel coincides with their policies regardless of whether they are saying truths. They fit lies to their own pre-determined policies instead of letting the truth form their policies. We should never tolerate liars with rewards and accolades when their intent is to undo what good and right we have fought so hard to achieve. It is beneath the human dignity of all of us.

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