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Lindy — (archived)

As a matter of fact, I found this article today that talks about why some people lie....it's because they're protecting their self esteem.
Think of it, all those Republicans: GWB, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Cunningham, Abramoff, etc...ad nauseum (Oh, just to be fair, let's add Bill Clinton. Was it because of his self esteem? Nah, probably he's been denying stuff like that for 35 years; that....... or he was afraid of getting bonked over the head by Hillary).

>"People are so engaged in managing how others perceive them that they are often unable to separate truth from fiction in their own minds" Feldman's research shows.

Well, I agree with you about who lies and why.
Honest people are hard to come by, because according to that report, that's what holds societies together.
>"But bald-faced lies (whether they involve leaving out the truth or putting in something false), are harmful, as they corrode trust and intimacy—the glue of society."

Article <here.>

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