(Epistemic) Sins of Ommission: Bush's Meta-Lies
As the Washington Post notes today--though not in so many words--Bush is currently engaged in the same types of deception about the historical facts about his use of pre-war intelligence that he engaged in with regard to the intelligence at that time. That is, he's using carefully-worded half-truths and exaggerations to try to fool people into believing that an equivocal case is crystal clear.
If the country falls for and stands for this, perhaps this is the kind of president we deserve after all.
As the Washington Post notes today--though not in so many words--Bush is currently engaged in the same types of deception about the historical facts about his use of pre-war intelligence that he engaged in with regard to the intelligence at that time. That is, he's using carefully-worded half-truths and exaggerations to try to fool people into believing that an equivocal case is crystal clear.
If the country falls for and stands for this, perhaps this is the kind of president we deserve after all.
posted by Winston Smith at
11:06 AM
1 Comments:
He must get the strangest twisting sensation unside his head when he does his distortions. I wonder what it feels like to spend time twisting reality that way.
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