Posted on 08/16/2010 9:48:34 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Jonathan Strong of The Daily Caller reports an interesting and instructive conversation that was held publicly between lefty blogger and Journolist member Matthew Yglesias and the National Review's Mark Hemingway. During their exchange on Twitter, lefty Yglesias claimed that lying is a legitimate tactic for "advocates" to use to win the policy argument, thereby admitting that liberals think it is OK to lie in order to get their policies in place.
On his Twitter feed, Yglasias told Hemingway, "I think fighting dishonesty with dishonesty is sometimes the right thing for advocates to do, yes. That's an honest view."
Aside from the amusing incongruity of the statement -- how can dishonesty be "an honest view" -- it is telling that a big liberal like Yglesias doesn't see anything wrong with using lies to win a policy argument. After all, many famous folks on the left have agreed that a lie or two used to gain power is not such a crime...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
No wonder they like Muslims. The Koran dictates it is cool to lie to the infidels.
No wonder liberals and muslims get along so well. They both feel being a liar is OK...
Everything the left pushes is done with lies and half truths. Their goal on many issues is to prey on the minds of children and the apolitical to win.
Global warming,social programs, sexual liberalism/abortion/gay rights are good examples.
It’s easier to say then I’m stupid and have no argument.
Deception is also an important policy for muslims. It’s called al-taquiyya. It’s no wonder they get along so well. They have lying in common.
We need to call this by its rightful name: LYING. Liberals LIE.
They also expect Conservatives not to. WE are the ones to not only preserve the Consitution and the Country, but also to conserve the cultural resources of honesty, honor and freedom. At some point, this WILL include an understanding that it is CONSERVATIVES who are the actual environmental conservationists, not the LIEberals. After all, what farmer, what gardener, does not understand that careful husbandry of resources necessitates a measured, exacting approach that plants anything on solid earth, even if that earth is metaphorical.
End of story.
Liberalism and their favorite death cult both think it’s OK to lie to normal people.
file under “lying liars lie with dogs”
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...lefty Yglesias claimed that lying is a legitimate tactic for “advocates”
to use to win the policy argument, thereby admitting that liberals think
it is OK to lie in order to get their policies in place...
“
This is not news (well, it may be OLD news).
Which explains the truth of the old saying:
Democrats (Socialists, etc.) are afraid that voters will understand
what they want to do...
Republicans (conservatives, etc.) are afraid the voters won’t understand
what they want to do.
(Thus the Democrats MUST lie.)
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