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People Have a Right to Be Wrong
Good luck stamping out “misinformation”.
There are three types of liars at work in society today; three levels of lies.
The first is the merely untruthful person who lies to other people. You can probably think of a few examples, and you’ve probably told a few tiny little fibs yourself.
People lie all the time, for different reasons- to cast themselves in a more favorable light, to avoid trouble. Lies are usually composed on the spot to inconvenient questions like “Why are you late?”.
The second type of liar lies to themselves.
They fool themselves about all sorts of things- how much money they have, how fit they are, how attractive. They lie to themselves about their role in interpersonal relationships, and conflicts. These types of liars rewrite their own histories, inventing whole aspects of themselves that never existed. How much they actually believe is a mystery to us all, including them.
The third type of liar lives lies. Their lies are foundational and their entire lives are built on them.
These lost souls lie to other people as easily as breathing. They lie to themselves with even more facility. Some spin webs of duplicity merely to protect their vulnerabilities; some aren’t even consciously aware they are doing it, though it…