re: Lie and truth.
No, Tom is doesn't fit the world view you have.
Of coarse there are always other choices. If you have been educated or have supportive friends and family or you think there are.
It's not racist and to think it is it just another sign of your lack of reality in your world model.
You Libertarians are hugely hypocritical. Support Bush in his Nation Building which is sticking us where we shouldn't be for decades. But, protested Clinton's Nation Building which so far has stuck us where we shouldn't be for a decade.