Lies

Hypocrisy is a word that is popular in the news today and people often use euphemism to justify their positions on issues. Phrases like moral equivalence, selective memory and situational ethics are cover ups for justifying contradictory beliefs. To say you are going to do something and then not do it is bad but it is much worse if you say you didn't do something you have already done. If the something is minor (white lie) and hasn't caused significant harm then it can be overlooked but if has negatively impacted peoples lives then it must be investigated. When Trump exaggerates the crowd size or says people were on the roof tops cheering on 9/11 or millions were involved in voter fraud or all of his statements about the greatest everything he does are white lies. While these things may not directly affect the lives of most people they do question his credibility on more important issues. His more important contradictions are being investigated daily by congress and the Russia connection and we shall see if anything develops. When Obama said 36 times you can keep your doctor, this had an adverse effect on the lives of millions of Americans. When Hillary Clinton said she never sent classified information on her private email the FBI pointed out that she did, this warranted further investigation and maybe it will happen. The above two paragraphs illustrate the most common way of justifying lies and that is to point out that both sides do it. The truth is that some lies are more serious than others but all lies cause doubts in what else is said.