Chris Whiteside's Blog

 

For the avoidance of doubt - I don't believe Thomas Sowell was expressing, and I am certainly not condoning by quoting him, the idea that it is OK for politicians to lie. However, he is right that some people refuse to accept unwelcome truths and often accuse anyone who tells them something they do not want to hear of  being a liar - ironically often throwing this allegation at those politicians who are not lying to them. And he is right that people who operate like that need to learn that their own behaviour is part of the problem when, inevitably, they elect people who lie to them.