Opinion

LYING IS BAD: 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Defend Trump’s Lies Just Because You Like The Outcome

Ben Shapiro

On Thursday, Ace of Spades ran a piece titled, “How Losing My Political Values Helped Me Gain My Freedom.” The central contention was similar to one made by The Daily Wire’s John Nolte: the time for morality in politics has come and gone. Why? Because the right will no longer play by the rules by which the left refuses to abide. Here’s the bottom line:

I literally don’t care what Donald Trump does because nothing he can do is worse than what they’ve already done….There aren’t any rules anymore because the left only applies them one way. And in doing so, they’ve left what once was a civil compact between the two parties in smoldering ruins. I have no personal investment in Donald Trump. He is a tool to punish the left and roll back their ill-gotten gains, no more and no less. If he succeeds even partially in those two things, then I’ll consider his election a win…. Further, I no longer have any investment in any particular political values, save one: The rules created by the left will be applied to the left as equally and punitively as they have applied them to the right….I don’t care if Trump is lying.

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