Subj : Re: Lies, compared
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Wed Sep 28 2022 19:47:36

On 28 Sep 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > Biden just isn't the spectacle that Trump was/is. Every once in a while 
 MP> > makes a gaffe or falls off of his bicycle or something, but he's not say
 MP> > doing his own press conferences filled with outrageous lies and
 MP> > exaggerations.
 MP> So when Biden steals someone else's life story and tries to make it his
 MP> own, or tells a fib about his education, it is a "gaffe," but when Trump
 MP> makes false claims, it is a "lie" and not just any lie, but an
 MP> "outrageous" one.

Biden does this what, once a year at most, maybe a few times in a decade?
Trump did it day after day after day, and is still doing it.

 MP> Proves a point I made to Aaron yesterday.

Not so much. The frequency and degree of the lies are important, too.

Jeff.

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