Are you using the term "liberals" as a synonym for "liars?" Here is what I posted, a little while ago, in a parallel thread:
The utter stupidity of this proposal can hardly be exaggerated! Rather than allowing the Government to use deliberate misinformation--or distortions of the truth--to be used domestically, as well as internationally, why not stop the use of any misinformation (i.e., in the form of propaganda), to any civilian population, anywhere.
The strongest approach to anyone, at home or abroad, is that based on Truth. The former Bolshevik regime in the USSR was notorious for their use of propaganda, and what in the long-run was the actual result? They lost all credibility both at home & everywhere else. The German Socialists collapsed in 1945, before Goebbels had become the joke that Pravda became, but he would have eventually achieved the same result. The deliberate use of lies & half-truths will always eventually leave the wrong mark, once enough people realize that the source is not reliable.
But, of course, the Left is all about the denial of reality, the suppression of truth in the pursuit of a make-believe driven new order of things. But these tactics can never be justified by anyone who understands the preeminent importance of Truth, in defense of what is intended to actually encourage, rather than suppress, the best dynamics in the human experience.
I really consider the underlying issue here to come down to two questions; one goes to the moral, the other to the practical; and the answer on each is the same. Truth is both the moral & pragmatic answer for the America we believe in.
William Flax [Truth Based Logic]
Fair question, Ohioan.
I would not say that “liar” and “liberal” are synonyms, but I certainly do believe lots of liberals are liars because their ideology is wrong and can only be defended by wrong arguments. On the other hand, I do believe there is such a thing as being sincerely and honestly wrong, and some liberals fall into that category. Also, as we’ve all found out the hard way, some conservatives lie, too.
The issue is broader than ideology. The government of a free republic has no business lying to its people because the people, as the voters, are supposed to be the bosses.