[Steve_Seattle]

An excellent post, albeit long. Despite all of the analysis, the one thing that stands out is the restaurant owner's lie about the author demanding a McDonald's cheeseburger. When dealing with the European left, we've reached a point where truth literally no longer matters, where illusion, lying, and willful misinformation are standard operating procedure. I don't want to sound paranoid, but there is an almost demonic quality to this, an intensity and all-pervasiveness to it, which makes me wonder if we're dealing with - how did St. Paul put it? - wickedness in high places, the rulers of this world . . .

[Puzzleman]

…we've reached a point where truth literally no longer matters, where illusion, lying, and willful misinformation are standard operating procedure. I don't want to sound paranoid, but there is an almost demonic quality to this…

Very well said and very important.

I remember seeing, a few years ago, a spokeswoman for the far-left feminists saying on television that women who kill their husbands are much more likely to get the death penalty than men who kill their wives. It just so happened that someone on the show knew that was false and challenged her on it. She said that she didn’t care whether or not it was true. Then she said that it wasn’t about truth; it was about power.