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.
The lies used to be to cover the corruption.
Now they’re because he couldn’t remember the truth anyway.
Are they mutually exclusive options?
“Every man is a liar!”
I don’t think it matters.
He lies.
Biden just lies because that’s his nature. He’s lying even when he’s telling the truth.
Clueless liar
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.
That remark, about those people who tried to escape hanging from the planes and who dropped to their deaths being ‘four or five days ago’, that was just depraved.
See my tagline, but now I’m really scared by the Dems, they really are in a thrall to evil.
And, as I told my daughter after we watched that somewhat silly horror movie “Pinhead”” Nice can’t defeat Evil, only Good can defeat Evil.
We all better start being GOOD in a much better way than we’ve been doing lately. FOR DECADES.
P.E.R.V.E.R.T
personally, i think biden is so senile that he just mouths what he’s told to parrot and has no idea whether it’s true or not because he’s so out of touch with reality due to his dementia ...
Is Biden a liberal or a liberal?
Watching reports tonight on Biden’s performance, I think he is being setup. He only knows what’s going on by what he’s told. They lied to him, he acted o what he had, and now they contradict him.
A setup to remove him. They want someone who will do their biding, but not senile, ie Harris.
I think Joe Biden is clinical proof that they're not.
Compulsive
Seems like an awfully complicated way to try and explain someone who has always been a mental lightweight and mere political hack.
They’re a dime a dozen in Congress. This one just made it to President.
Interesting, thanks
It’s amazing the way he can lie as if it is second nature to him. When he was busted with lies and plagiarism 40 years ago, you would think he would slink away in shame. He just keeps on lying as if no one will ever suspect him again. I guess that’s compulsive.
Just plain stupid
I would make the observation that Biden is ‘intellectually stupid’...meaning that he slide through college and never learned anything that meant much in life or gave him any special skills.
Toss in the two brain aneurysms, advanced age...he’s a gifted half-wit with no ability to reason when given bad advice by advisers. In a company atmosphere, he’d be let go and given a nice watch on exiting.
Joe has lied his whole life. Why does anyone expect dementia will make him tell the truth?
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