Current Events > Does the United States government lie to its own people?

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slk_23
10/30/20 10:56:50 PM
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Is the United States government dishonest sometimes?


And I'm not talking specifically about things like Trump claiming he "ended" the pandemic. I'm talking about the denial of the existence of Area 51. Coverups of crimes that should never have occurred. History being rewritten to make America look better. Things of that nature occurring repeatedly over time, not necessarily one person telling blatant lies. Do you think the government lies to keep you from knowing what it doesn't want you to know?

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wackyteen
10/30/20 10:58:43 PM
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slk_23 posted...
Do you think the government lies to keep you from knowing what it doesn't want you to know?

The government lies all the time for a variety of reasons.

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I Like Toast
10/30/20 10:59:34 PM
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a government that doesn't is probably a poorly ran government.

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Unspecified_NPC
10/30/20 11:02:05 PM
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Duh

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yutterh
10/30/20 11:03:25 PM
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This reminds me of the scene in avp:r when the girl was telling the town that the government was gonna nuke em and the lady responds with "the government wouldn't lie to us" had the while theater busting up laughing.

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southcoast09
10/30/20 11:04:41 PM
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The weather balloon thing was a lie.

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DigitalCamera
10/30/20 11:05:08 PM
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What? Every government lies.

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LightningAce11
10/30/20 11:06:27 PM
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I think every government should have its secrets revealed, it would be interesting to see what they're hiding.
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hakujo
10/30/20 11:17:03 PM
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Every government does, them skeletons in the closet

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Vicious_Dios
10/30/20 11:19:00 PM
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I don't trust a government that doesn't. lmao

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PMarth2002
10/30/20 11:45:53 PM
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I'd be surprised if there was any government in the history of the world that hasn't lied to its people.

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UnholyMudcrab
10/30/20 11:46:31 PM
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You really think they would do that? Just go in front of the American people and tell lies?

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Xenozoa425
10/30/20 11:50:00 PM
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If you've seen it in a movie, they either already did it or feel like it's not worth the time.

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Orochi_
10/30/20 11:50:36 PM
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The people and the government both lie. Its always going to be a war between the two.

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The_Korey
10/30/20 11:51:04 PM
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UnholyMudcrab
10/30/20 11:51:05 PM
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Lmao, I voted No as a joke and it's the only one up there

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BilalPowell
10/31/20 12:13:56 AM
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Nope every single thing every US gov't worker has said is true.

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nfearurspecimn
10/31/20 12:14:45 AM
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I mean, they kind of should tbh.

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HBOSS
10/31/20 12:30:07 AM
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govt using the need to know policy. thats all. oh you didnt know???
you better call somebodyyyyyyyy


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BudDupree48
10/31/20 12:30:30 AM
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100 percent yes

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Zeus
10/31/20 12:34:12 AM
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aka "Is the government a government?"

And as American heroes like Snowden have shown us, the US gov lies to us on some fucking huge shit.


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LightHawKnight
10/31/20 12:34:37 AM
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All governments lie to a degree, the current one lies way too fucking much and is pretty damn bad at hiding the fact.

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