Painful but a lesson in why “lie” is a semantic dead end - suggests a knowing intent to deceive that can’t be proven. What matters is that the statement is misleading or false.https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/991843468979810306 …
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Replying to @BrendanNyhan
I'd argue making a false statement out of willful ignorance is still a lie.
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Replying to @BrendanNyhan
Because we know there's an army of experts, advisors, and officials trying to educate him. He knows they're trying to educate him. He could be informed about every issue under the sun (for free even), but he chooses not to be.
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Replying to @grudkev @BrendanNyhan
Willful ignorance isn't lying. There's overlap, and neither's good. But they're not identical.
4:38 AM - 3 May 2018
from Urbana, IL
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