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Joe Biden: Compulsive Liar or Pathological Liar?
Red State ^ | 08/20/2021 | Mike Miller

Posted on 08/20/2021 8:17:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Before we dig in, let’s be honest, shall we?

Every human being in the history of mankind has lied — and every human being for the remainder of mankind will lie, as well. Thing is, it’s the degree of lying — and what they lie about — that sets some people apart from others. That said, this feels like a good time to visit the difference between compulsive liars and pathological liars. No one in particular, of course, just generally speaking.

So I decided to stop by MedicineNet and see what they had to say about the whole thing.

Compulsive liar: A liar who lies out of habit.

Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large or small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable, while lying feels right. A lot of them find it easy to avoid confrontations with truth, hence they stick to lying.

Compulsive liars lie because of several reasons. However, it may always be easy to find out if they are lying because their stories usually do not add up.

They are also obvious and display the classic lying behaviors, such as avoiding eye contact, breaking out into a sweat, and tripping over their words or rambling.

They know the difference between reality and lies.

(Emphasis, mine.)

Pathological liar: A liar who lies incessantly to get their way and does so with little awareness.

A pathological liar is often goal-oriented (i.e., focused, one tells lies to get their way). They have very little regard or respect for the rights and feelings of others. They are often considered manipulative and cunning.

Pathological liars create extravagant stories that may be maintained or tweaked over time, and they often believe their own lies or have a weak grip on reality. Unlike the compulsive liar, pathological liars are near impossible to catch in the act.

These people are excellent liars because they lie constantly and make stories up unnecessarily, and often, it becomes extremely difficult to distinguish the truth from false statements.

Before we continue, let’s take a look at a few RedState headlines from today. Just for the hell of it.

Leaked Memo Shows Joe Biden Lied in Afghanistan Presser About Agreement With G7 Countries

Joe Biden’s Own Administration Contradicts His Afghanistan Presser Lies

Americans Stopped, Beaten on Way to Kabul Airport as Biden Claims They’re Having No Problems

Watch: Fed up Afghan Woman Absolutely Goes off on Joe Biden by Telling It Like It Is

Hmm. Whaddya know?

Anyway, “someone who is in a position to know better,” said today that the Taliban terrorists had given assurances that they would allow Afghans who wanted to leave the country to make their way to the airport outside Kabul, without interference. Imagine that.

Taliban terrorists reportedly shot a woman in the head, earlier this week, killing her in front of her family for not wearing a burka — which Afghan women have not been required to do for 20 years — on the same day they vowed to honor women’s rights.https://t.co/68AvKirsGF pic.twitter.com/LeC5l5Ft2G

— Dr. Hold My Beer, BfD (@RealLibSmacker) August 20, 2021

Oh — I almost forgot. As reported by Fox News on Friday, shortly after Joe Biden’s claim during an afternoon address to the nation on Afghanistan, the Pentagon admitted that al Qaeda does, in fact, have a “presence” in Afghanistan — minutes after Biden claimed they were “gone.”

Here’s Joe:

“Let’s put this into perspective here. What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with al Qaeda gone?”

That question is ignorant on multiple levels, but we’ll deal with it in a later article.

.@POTUS – “What interest do we have in #Afghanistan at this point with Al Qaeda gone.” A DoD IG report from Aug 17, 2021 says “the Taliban continued to maintain its relationship with al-Qaeda, providing safe haven for the terrorist group in Afghanistan.” https://t.co/gdXiO8E13l pic.twitter.com/RytywJAqk0

— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) August 20, 2021

Here’s reality — via Pentagon spokesman John Kirby:

“We know that al Qaeda is a presence as well as ISIS in Afghanistan. And we’ve talked about that for quite some time. We do not believe it is exorbitantly high, but we don’t have an exact figure for you, as I think you might understand.”

Oopsie, Joe.

Biden’s Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby says “we know that Al-Qaeda is a presence…in Afghanistan.”

An hour ago, Joe Biden said that Al-Qaeda was “gone” from Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/f8X4ZqTwjQ

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 20, 2021

Sometimes the truth is hard. Some people have a propensity to “not tell the truth” because they’re weak. Or maybe because they’re terrified of being wrong. And, of course, some people are incapable of understanding that admitting fault and accepting personal responsibility for being wrong — without automatically passing the buck to everyone else — demonstrates strength, not weakness.

Then again, some liars might have simply lost so much mental acuity that they don’t even know they’re lying — or can no longer distinguish between reality and truth. Generally speaking, of course.



TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: bidenlies; compulsiveliar; joebiden; neanderthaljoe; pathologicalliar
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To: SeekAndFind

Biden has been a documented liar for decades. Sure, all politicians lie. But Biden lied when he didn’t have to. He lied about stupid stuff that doesn’t matter. Now he lies about important stuff that does matter. But for him it’s all the same, he just lies as a matter of course.


21 posted on 08/20/2021 11:15:39 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: SeekAndFind

he is a “sociopath”. I grew up with a half-sister who is a sociopath. There is NO moral compass, no guilt, remorse... My sister enjoys scheming ways to cause others to squabble (sadistic). They are CONSTANT liars. They simply cannot tell the truth! Whatever she tells you, you can bet that it is NOT 100% true. There is usually, but NOT always, some element of truth in what she is saying. But! There is ALWAYS a mixture of exaggeration, omittance, twisting, fabrication... Sometimes, it is clear what she is up to, but other times it’s somewhat puzzling. My siblings and I have broken off all contact with her, because it’s the ONLY choice she gives you... to be her “victim” or not!


22 posted on 08/21/2021 12:31:29 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

True! I don’t think that there is a human being walking this planet that has not lied. The difference is in those who don’t do it habitually and feel guilty for it -vs- those who do it habitually and don’t feel any guilt at all. THAT! Is a BIG difference!


23 posted on 08/21/2021 12:42:18 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Dr.Deth

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything” - Mark Twain.


24 posted on 08/21/2021 12:49:15 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Rennes Templar

You might be right... I am having a really hard time looking at what is going on and making any sense of it. That “USUALLY” tells me that there are sinister(evil people) involved in it.


25 posted on 08/21/2021 12:56:59 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Joe is so incompetent and has a low IQ that he just reads what his uninformed speech writers print. He has always been out of touch with reality.


26 posted on 08/21/2021 1:02:30 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: Bearshouse

He is a sociopath. He does not know how to feel guilt, shame... You could put him on the polygraph and he’ll lie through his teeth and not even move the needle. He has no conscience, no morality, no guilt...


27 posted on 08/21/2021 1:03:30 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Corn Pop was not available for comment.


28 posted on 08/21/2021 1:45:55 AM PDT by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)
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To: alternatives?

When he told a group of reports that his butt was wiped, I think he was being honest about that.


29 posted on 08/21/2021 3:27:52 AM PDT by CornPop
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To: SeekAndFind

is one worst than the other?


30 posted on 08/21/2021 4:12:47 AM PDT by jimfr
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To: The Right Edge

I absolutely agree with your assessment. In fact, post-Reagan, the pattern has been that the Democrat presidential nominees have been a succession of increasingly sociopathic personalities, with the arguable exception of Obama, whose advancement was driven largely by the racial component and who became a Marxist speed bump to the overall Dem machine’s advancement, actually altering the direction slightly due to the BLM element.


31 posted on 08/21/2021 4:33:03 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2 )
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To: jocon307

He is a PERVERT and HEA


32 posted on 08/21/2021 4:50:27 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jocon307

Sorry, he’s just evil. I realized I’d misjudged him this whole time. I mean he IS stupid, and he SEEMS TO BE impaired, but what he is, is EVIL.
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People can sit around and endlessly discuss and speculate WHY the following is so, but the bottom line is this: Those we correctly identify, and those who correctly self-identify, as Socialists, or Marxists, or Progressives, or Leftists, or Communists, or Democrats are ALL either EVIL, or IGNORANT, or BOTH. Deal with them accordingly!


33 posted on 08/21/2021 5:13:58 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ("It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." Ben Franklin)
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To: SeekAndFind
Slow joe don't know.

Joe has dementia and has trouble choosing between chocolate or vanilla ice cream.

Joe is not capable of lying or telling the truth, or knowing which is which.

God help us, this man is posing as the President of the United States.

34 posted on 08/21/2021 5:31:33 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Bearshouse

Being a politician means one is a professional liar or most of them anyway. I don’t say all of them but the atmosphere they work in seems to hone the lying instinct. And there are many ways to lie as any Freeper has seen over the years.


35 posted on 08/21/2021 5:47:32 AM PDT by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

Typical politician.


36 posted on 08/21/2021 5:50:25 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: xp38
Yes, for politicians, "truth" is what advances their cause and their career.

Two trends have made this worse. One is the public relations tendency to "spin" everything or even flat out deny what the public can see is true. The other is the idea that the "truer truth" in every situation is that one's own side is right and must prevail and the other side is wrong and must be humiliated. The facts may be against one, but that doesn't matter in the big ideological picture.

A third factor is that Biden is a very insecure guy, who always has to deny, distort, exaggerate and otherwise bend or break the truth to satisfy his ego. I'd resist psychoanalyzing him though, because one can find similar traits even in people one may agree with or admire. They can be part of the package involved in surviving and rising to the top in politics.

37 posted on 08/21/2021 5:58:23 AM PDT by x
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To: The Right Edge

I threw out the “Liar’s Paradox” just for fun. Nobody picked up on it.


38 posted on 08/21/2021 6:10:13 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: Ann Archy

“HEA”

Agree on the pervert, and would probably agree on this too, but I don’t know what it means!


39 posted on 08/21/2021 8:29:40 AM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: jocon307

HEAD OF THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY!!
Sorry...on a cruise ship and it k kicks out a lot!!


40 posted on 08/21/2021 8:51:26 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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