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Odysseus – how the world’s master of contrivance dresses down today’s creepy, lying losers

June 11th, 2021

Awake Goy

Fudging on truth is an art form: Odysseus was a master; Trump and company, appalling amateurs What is more pathetic and more revealing than bad lies that implode? Consider a dodgy youngster, dripping with spilled milk, whining “Don’t look at me, blame them.” Or a brighter bulb who blames magic, a ghost, maybe that invisible mystery called gravity. A failed lie instantly exposes one real truth: behold a dolt trying to pull a fast one. As with hapless grifters, whose scams trigger guffaws or jeers, even physical rebukes, we relish the relief of not getting played. In short, there are “good” fabrications that engage to some good end– and there are woeful lies that speak […]