In politics, people tend to believe lies. Why?

[ElmerMudd]

Ok, now show me a news source that isn’t biased or have an agenda.

Maybe all media outlets have some bias. Some more than others. Just like humans.
If you read all sides, you usually find consensus.
How do you find the truth.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Maybe all media outlets have some bias. Some more than others. Just like humans.
If you read all sides, you usually find consensus.
How do you find the truth.

I don’t know. Once I realized that all media is biased, finding the truth almost seems impossible. You have left wing media that will all agree with each other, and right wing media who will do the same. Most of the time one news outlet gets a story and every other news outlet just links back to that story. So they are all telling the same story essentially. So, if you read one agenda based story, you’ve literally read them all.

 

[AntonToo]

I don't believe lies.

Ha!

Thanks for the laugh nutter.

 

[ElmerMudd]

I don’t know. Once I realized that all media is biased, finding the truth almost seems impossible. You have left wing media that will all agree with each other, and right wing media who will do the same. Most of the time one news outlet gets a story and every other news outlet just links back to that story. So they are all telling the same story essentially. So, if you read one agenda based story, you’ve literally read them all.

Finding the truth in today's world is not easy. Ones moral compass is a big help.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Ha!

Thanks for the laugh nutter.

America, when your a bad ass poster WEF shillbots will clip your post and post responses like this.

If shillbots like this aren't making post like this about you, you're not trying hard enough.

OK shillbot, for fun... tell me a lie I believe?

 

[my2¢]

What I notice most in folks believing political lies is it's based on partisanship.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Finding the truth in today's world is not easy. Ones moral compass is a big help.

Where do atheist commies get their morals?

 

[percysunshine]

In politics, people tend to believe lies. Why?

First, pain. The truth is too painful to face head-on, so we refuse to acknowledge that what we’ve chosen to accept as truth is, in reality, a lie.

Second, loss. To face the truth robs one of something held dear – often power or control. Rather than find our place in a new context, we grasp for anything, and anyone, who will affirm, and help us retain, our current status.

Third, ignorance. Though less common, some people truly don’t recognize a lie when it is presented. Lack of knowledge, feigned or actual, provides them a state of bliss.

Fourth, cultural assimilation. A desire to fit in with one’s group, tribe, family or social structure causes you to believe what they’re saying even when you know better.

Fifth, moral weakness. This is perhaps the most common reason. When someone doesn’t have the fortitude to do their own research they “leave the details to others,” or they know the truth but are unwilling to speak out.

Sixth, secondary gain. Believing and propagating the lie brings a personal benefit, so we trade integrity for short-term benefits.

Seventh, fear. Acquiring better information would require that we take personal responsibility for the lies we’ve believed and told and that we change our way of thinking and acting.

Eighth, protection. We seek to safeguard the fragile, though false, narrative upon which one’s life is built.

Ninth, societal politeness. It’s easier to go along to get along, so we choose not to upset the proverbial apple cart.

Tenth, cultural indoctrination. We develop blinders and become unable to grasp that what may be seen as truth for one segment of society is not for others.

Why Do ‘Good’ People Believe Lies?

The conundrum of seemingly “good” people believing lies has faced humanity for generations, and it’s the million-dollar question now facing the U.S. Let’s consider some of the possible reasons they do so.

goodfaithmedia.org

Also include the mental disorders:

Cognitive dissonance...believing two mutually exclusive conditions can both be true at the same time.

Relativism....the belief that objective truth does not exist.

 

[AntonToo]

America, when your a bad ass poster WEF shillbots will clip your post and post responses like this.

If shillbots like this aren't making post like this about you, you're not trying hard enough.

OK shillbot, for fun... tell me a lie I believe?

Anyone that looks at posting history can see for themselves all the insane bullshit you believe.

 

[AntonToo]

Where do atheist commies get their morals?

Same place Deist Founding Fathers got them.

Empathy, humanity, social needs and reason.

 

[ElmerMudd]

America, when your a bad ass poster WEF shillbots will clip your post and post responses like this.

If shillbots like this aren't making post like this about you, you're not trying hard enough.

OK shillbot, for fun... tell me a lie I believe?

TheGreat Satan knows what he is talking about.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Same place Deist Founding Fathers got them.

Christianity? Nope. Commies tolerate everything.

Empathy, humanity, social needs and reason.

One man's virtue is another man's sin. Without God, morals are in the eye of the beholder.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Anyone that looks at posting history can see for themselves all the insane bullshit you believe.

Shillbot won't tell me 1 lie I believe.

I can tell you many lies this shillbot believes.

 

[AntonToo]

Christianity? Nope. Commies tolerate everything.


One man's virtue is another man's sin. Without God, morals are in the eye of the beholder.

Looks like among many other things you need to go read up what Deism is.

 

[Rogue AI]

In politics, people tend to believe lies. Why?

First, pain. The truth is too painful to face head-on, so we refuse to acknowledge that what we’ve chosen to accept as truth is, in reality, a lie.

Second, loss. To face the truth robs one of something held dear – often power or control. Rather than find our place in a new context, we grasp for anything, and anyone, who will affirm, and help us retain, our current status.

Third, ignorance. Though less common, some people truly don’t recognize a lie when it is presented. Lack of knowledge, feigned or actual, provides them a state of bliss.

Fourth, cultural assimilation. A desire to fit in with one’s group, tribe, family or social structure causes you to believe what they’re saying even when you know better.

Fifth, moral weakness. This is perhaps the most common reason. When someone doesn’t have the fortitude to do their own research they “leave the details to others,” or they know the truth but are unwilling to speak out.

Sixth, secondary gain. Believing and propagating the lie brings a personal benefit, so we trade integrity for short-term benefits.

Seventh, fear. Acquiring better information would require that we take personal responsibility for the lies we’ve believed and told and that we change our way of thinking and acting.

Eighth, protection. We seek to safeguard the fragile, though false, narrative upon which one’s life is built.

Ninth, societal politeness. It’s easier to go along to get along, so we choose not to upset the proverbial apple cart.

Tenth, cultural indoctrination. We develop blinders and become unable to grasp that what may be seen as truth for one segment of society is not for others.

Why Do ‘Good’ People Believe Lies?

The conundrum of seemingly “good” people believing lies has faced humanity for generations, and it’s the million-dollar question now facing the U.S. Let’s consider some of the possible reasons they do so.

goodfaithmedia.org

So that's the method you folks use to get your fellow liberals to buy your BS? Interesting.

 

[Kruska]

In politics, people tend to believe lies. Why?

I don't quite agree with your headline.

People normally do not believe lies - they believe information that fit's their existing believes or narratives.
If that respective information is correct or a lie is then a matter of "personal investigation"

So the maybe "more appropriate" question should be - why do people not "investigate" news?
Just saying

 

[Independentthinker]

In politics, people tend to believe lies. Why?

First, pain. The truth is too painful to face head-on, so we refuse to acknowledge that what we’ve chosen to accept as truth is, in reality, a lie.

Second, loss. To face the truth robs one of something held dear – often power or control. Rather than find our place in a new context, we grasp for anything, and anyone, who will affirm, and help us retain, our current status.

Third, ignorance. Though less common, some people truly don’t recognize a lie when it is presented. Lack of knowledge, feigned or actual, provides them a state of bliss.

Fourth, cultural assimilation. A desire to fit in with one’s group, tribe, family or social structure causes you to believe what they’re saying even when you know better.

Fifth, moral weakness. This is perhaps the most common reason. When someone doesn’t have the fortitude to do their own research they “leave the details to others,” or they know the truth but are unwilling to speak out.

Sixth, secondary gain. Believing and propagating the lie brings a personal benefit, so we trade integrity for short-term benefits.

Seventh, fear. Acquiring better information would require that we take personal responsibility for the lies we’ve believed and told and that we change our way of thinking and acting.

Eighth, protection. We seek to safeguard the fragile, though false, narrative upon which one’s life is built.

Ninth, societal politeness. It’s easier to go along to get along, so we choose not to upset the proverbial apple cart.

Tenth, cultural indoctrination. We develop blinders and become unable to grasp that what may be seen as truth for one segment of society is not for others.

Why Do ‘Good’ People Believe Lies?

The conundrum of seemingly “good” people believing lies has faced humanity for generations, and it’s the million-dollar question now facing the U.S. Let’s consider some of the possible reasons they do so.

goodfaithmedia.org

I don't know if they have a choice. All politicians lie.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Nobody wants to have to admit to themselves that they are largely responsible for their own problems.

That's certainly ironic

 

[ElmerMudd]

Where do atheist commies get their morals?

You will have to ask them

 

[ElmerMudd]

I don't know if they have a choice. All politicians lie.

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