In Reply to: Vance lying his butt off yesterday to reporters posted by russsmith on September 04, 2026 at 06:51:21
They lie not because anyone (except the very stupidest) will believe what they say, but because constant lying erodes the fabric of public discourse.
The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world—and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end—is being destroyed.
With Trump and Vance truth and fiction are no longer distinguishable. By design.