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Bill Moyers On The Dangers Of So Much Dishonesty

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

YOU CAN BASICALLY GET A KIND OF PREDIGESTED VERSION THAT

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ESSENTIALLY ASSEMBLES THE FACTS OR EVEN FACT AND FICTION TOGETHER TO KIND OF ENSURE YOU NEVER SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE.

THAT IS TRUMP’S GREAT STRENGTH. HE WANTS TO OWN REALITY. HE’S WHAT PSYCHOTHERAPISTS CALL A SOLIPSIS. HE’S CREATED A REALITY IN WHICH IS IN HIS HEAD. HE HAS CREATED A NEW REALITY OF WITH THE MEDIA SHARES HIS PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK IT IS, WHAT THE TRUTH, WE CAN CREATE A REALITY.

THAT BEGAN IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WHEN THE FIRST PARTISAN RIGHT WING MEDIA HATED BILL CLINTON AND TURNED EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID AND PRESENTED AS EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. AND HE WAS ACCUSED OF PERJURY AND ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND ACQUITTED IN THE SENTENCE OF BOTH THEM.

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ALTHOUGH THE THING I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WITH CLINTON AND I TRY TO SAY THIS TO CONSERVATIVES WHO I’VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH IS THAT JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OUT TO GET YOU DOESN’T MEAN YOU DIDN’T DO THE WRONG THING.