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If a man lies to me the first time, what reason is there to belive he is telling the truth the second?
Rule number one: Never trust the word of a leftist. In leftist ideology a lie is an honorable and legitimate tactic to be employed in obtaining the socialist goal.
Truer words were never written. That's why Alger Hiss lived well into the 90s and died without ever telling the truth about being a communist and a spy.