Most EVERYONE, authority or not, self proclaimed or not is “lacking” in honesty... moreso with self than with others.
And it’s kind of hard to know when we are less than honest with others, when we don’t even know when we are lying to ourselves.
It has been a number of months since I entered a discussion on this subject with a similar tone.
Out of that discussion I found a couple of individuals that were knowledgeable to a point, and honest enough that away from the post we had exchanges for a couple of weeks.
A couple were Knights of Columbus and still did not understand where the divide began. Had been told all these horrible things that were simply not true, and after a time we, I think, gained some respect for each other.
We did talk about subjects that were unrelated to this topic also.
I generally resist the impulse to tread this turf. And probably should have tonight.
Hey, I really like your animated gifs on your bio. LMAO