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comment by illu45
illu45  ·  2630 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A post-truth thought experiment

    Sure. They'd rather lie and risk being caught in that (because everyone knows politicians lie) than be caught in a mistake. We allow politicians to use their opponents' mistakes as a bludgeon all the time, and for years.

Hm, I've never really thought about it that way. I guess there's a fine line between holding politicians accountable for their mistakes and lambasting them for those mistakes.