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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5959374" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;The problem with &quot;fact-checking&quot; is that it doesn&#039;t distinguish between lies and bull<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />. This may seem like a distinction without a difference, but I believe it&#039;s really important. A liar may tell a lie like &quot;I never cheated on my wife&quot; when he actually did. But a bull<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ter just makes things up from whole cloth, sometimes because he just likes the way it sounds. A bull<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ter doesn&#039;t lie to cover something up. He lies as a way to win people over, or to gauge how gullible they are. It&#039;s part of the confidence game, to manipulate people into believing in his awesomeness.&quot;Citizen 99</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5959374, member: 54375"] "The problem with "fact-checking" is that it doesn't distinguish between lies and bull:censored:. This may seem like a distinction without a difference, but I believe it's really important. A liar may tell a lie like "I never cheated on my wife" when he actually did. But a bull:censored:ter just makes things up from whole cloth, sometimes because he just likes the way it sounds. A bull:censored:ter doesn't lie to cover something up. He lies as a way to win people over, or to gauge how gullible they are. It's part of the confidence game, to manipulate people into believing in his awesomeness." Citizen 99 [/QUOTE]

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