Only Truth Can Save Our Democracy.
The Trump presidency has dangerously normalized lying.
'On Saturday morning I was sitting in the kitchen with my wife, Ann, who was stirring her Cream of Wheat, when out of nowhere she surprised me with a question: “Is not lying one of the Ten Commandments?”
I had to stop and think for a second myself, before answering: “Yes, thou shalt not bear false witness.”
The fact that the two of us even momentarily struggled over that question is, for me, the worst legacy of the Trump presidency.
You remember the old joke? Moses comes down from Mount Sinai and tells the children of Israel: “Children, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I bargained him down to 10. The bad news is that adultery is still in.”
Well, I’ve got bad news and worse news: We’re now down to nine.
Yes, this was a historic four years — even one of the Ten Commandments got erased. Lying has been normalized at a scale we’ve never seen before. Hence Ann’s question.
I am not sure how we reverse it, but we’d better — and fast.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/opinion/trump-lies.html?