If you tell them the truth they will come...sometimes

I hate liars.

Oddly enough, not everyone feels that way. 

Accepting lies is the foundation for the current regime. Ignore reality and you may find a place in Trump's authoritarian government.

Once a liar, always a liar. Trump teethed on lies and they became more elaborate with every year. Liar counters covering Trump's first time in office exposed thousands of lies throughout his time in office.

A Zebra does not shed its stripes nor does a tiger. Voters should have considered that in the 2024 election when Trump's lies were supersized with the help of his buddy Elon Musk. At first blush it's hard to believe that half of America bought Trump's lies.

It's no secret that Trump is a pathological liar. His behavior is known as pseudologia fantastica. It is characterized by frequent, elaborate, and often self-serving lies that may or may not have a clear purpose or benefit to him. Psychology experts have been saying Trump has a malicious narcissistic personality since he emerged on the scene as a rich boy buying real estate in New York.

What I find hard to understand is that nearly anyone you talk to - a Democrat or a Republican - knows damn well Trump lies like a rug.

When evidence pops up debunking one of his lies, he attacks the media source and claims its fake - especially if it's coming from the mainstream media.

We've become a nation of enablers and cowards. That fact both disgusts me and disappoints me. How could we have let a felon into the White House with his corrupt history?

The core problem is truth. Somehow, it's been so diluted by lies no one trusts the truth anymore. What is truth? Whose telling it? It becomes complicated when it shouldn't be. Yet here we are.

Thanks to internet platforms with millions of follower's truths are tossed around like hot potatoes. Americans find web sites that go along with their own beliefs, regardless of how crazy they are. In this atmosphere truth suffers every minute, hour, and day. The attacks never stop.

Despite all of the negative challenges to truth it's still alive and thriving among sane and intelligent people who accept reality and don't live in a cult. 

When MAGA says the sky is red and you can see its blue you know what's true.

Stephen King wrote, "The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool." 

Don't let yourself be that "innocent" and thoroughly vet what you read.

Mark Twain wrote, "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

As usual Twain's wit is right on. Especially in these times with the internet when information is shared instantly.

As it Stands, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.