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The North Korean government claims Kim Jong Il made 11 holes-in-one in his first golf game. For a long time I wondered why they bother making up such outrageous lies. Then one day I realized that the very outrageousness of the lie IS the point.

Every tyrant’s power is built on a foundation of lies, and therefore tyrants must always condition their victims to the subjugation of lies. The more outrageous and unbelievable the lie, the better. Because the more outrageous the lie, the more the light in the victim’s soul fades when he repeats it, and as that light fades so too does his will to resist.

The point of the 11 holes-in-one story is not that anyone believes it. The point is that no one believes it. And every North Korean affirms what they know not to be true because they are afraid of the consequences if they do not.

The tyrant demonstrates he has true power over you if he is able to force you to murder your own soul.

Remember that the next time a progressive tries to berate you into affirming the lie that a man is in fact a woman

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Have to say, though, when Trump made Sean Spicer lie about the attendance numbers at his inauguration I thought the same thing
Was it a lie? Yes, the absolute numbers at the mall during the inauguration were smaller but not by a large amount. But it was reported the number of people watching it live by streaming was the top live event or second in history. So the number of people in attendance may under the circumstances have actually been the highest. Especially when those who live in the 30 mile radius of the inauguration and could easily get to the inauguration were about 75% Democratic voters. Trump supporters had to travel much larger distances.
And the Big Lie about dems stealing the election in 2020 was the scariest yet
As to the 2020 elections this has been covered extensively in many places including here but the one thing that is obvious is that there were a lot of statistical anomalies and tremendous resistance to openly examine details. Especially when Facebook spent nearly a half billion dollars organizing Democratic voting processes and regular and social media lied about possible influences on voting. So hardly scary. Still has not been investigated thoroughly. You would think Democrats would want a close look to diminish Trump forever. Most people are a prisoner of their media sources/habits. Including those who are anti ID. Aside: Let’s not debate the election here. It would just be a waste of time. We have had numerous threads on media lies over time which may be used if anyone wants to comment there.jerry
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CD, kindly see 10 just above. KFkairosfocus
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PPS, of course, I also point us to the underlying challenge, to live by the truth. Here is the all time pivotal confrontation, one that hangs silently over every cynical power move and agit prop circus masquerading as news or serious discussion:
John 18:33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him. 39 But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 40 They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.[g]
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BA, sobering. The point of imposition of lies is to breach inherent built in moral government, inducing anticivilisational, nihilistic misanthropic chaos thence subjugation. You are right, therefore to say with Solzhenitsyn and the other dissidents, live not by lies. KF PS, the essay https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies
There was a time when we dared not rustle a whisper. But now we write and read samizdat and, congregating in the smoking rooms of research institutes, heartily complain to each other of all they are muddling up, of all they are dragging us into! There’s that unnecessary bravado around our ventures into space, against the backdrop of ruin and poverty at home; and the buttressing of distant savage regimes; and the kindling of civil wars; and the ill-thought-out cultivation of Mao Zedong (at our expense to boot)—in the end we’ll be the ones sent out against him, and we’ll have to go, what other option will there be? And they put whomever they want on trial, and brand the healthy as mentally ill—and it is always “they,” while we are—helpless. We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble: “But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.” We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence. We have lost our strength, our pride, our passion . . . . [W]e find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our liberation: a personal nonparticipation in lies! Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me! And this is the way to break out of the imaginary encirclement of our inertness, the easiest way for us and the most devastating for the lies. For when people renounce lies, lies simply cease to exist. Like parasites, they can only survive when attached to a person.
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What Is a Woman BEST MOMENTS - Part 1 Matt Walsh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZEGWGT2Og Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SzmI4pT1cYbornagain77
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Great post, Barry. Bill Maher is all over the place, I think, but he does sometimes call out the left for their egregious BS (ignoring/lying about Hunter Biden's laptop, BLM riots were peaceful, etc). Have to say, though, when Trump made Sean Spicer lie about the attendance numbers at his inauguration I thought the same thing - it's such a stupid lie, everyone can see it's false, why is he doing it? Ah yes - the point is to prove he can say anything he wants! And the Big Lie about dems stealing the election in 2020 was the scariest yet. Let's bring back some shame when people lie, whether or not they're on "your team"!dogdoc
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Barry Arrington Just for the record, how many times in the past week has someone actually tried to “berate you into affirming the lie that a man is in fact a woman”?chuckdarwin
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“while trying to justify media censorship in service of partisan politics.” The left is willing to do anything to promote their agenda, they don’t care what laws are broken just listen to Sam Harris promote, encourage and condone rigging elections. These people are vicious, self righteous tyrants and they have the cohoes to call people like me a fascist. Since all our cultural and legal institutions are controlled by the left no one is ever, nor will be , held accountable. Personally I believe America is under Gods judgement and when God judges a nation he gives them evil leaders. Of course these evil leaders are voted into office so that tells me a lot about the moral and intellectual bankruptcy exhibited by the American people. Everybody says they want change until change actually happens. Vividvividbleau
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Although I also take Bill Maher with a grain of salt, I was impressed when he stood up against the lies of transgender ideology. New Rule: Along for the Pride | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMBzfUj5zsgbornagain77
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Vivid, Yes, I saw that piece. Reiner stammered and stuttered through massive cognitive dissonance while trying to justify media censorship in service of partisan politics. I don't know whether it was more tragic or more pathetic.Barry Arrington
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Vb at 2, Count me out of that large swath who want to be lied to. I understand Bill Maher's schtick and avoid it.relatd
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Barry Believe what you see, a large swath of the American people want to be lied to. The most recent example is Rob Reiner on the Bill Maher show. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/08/28/rob-reiner-plays-dumb-about-media-burying-hunter-laptop-revelations-before-election-i-dont-know-what-they-did/ Vividvividbleau
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As interrogator O'Brien said to Winston when he forced him to say 2+2 is 5, physical reality is unimportant to the Party. The important thing is that the citizens of Oceania subordinate their real-world perceptions to the political will of the Party.Barry Arrington
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