How To Tell A Lie Without Saying Anything False

As American citizens, you and I are lied to every single day by a cacophony of agencies, journalists and politicians. Sometimes it becomes obvious, for example, I might tell you that the sky is orange when you can look up and clearly see that is a lie. The sky is blue. What I am talking about is something far more devious. What you may not realize, is that the vast majority of the lies we are told, are not outright lies. Usually, the lies we’re told aren’t actually false. That sounds like nonsense doesn’t it? Allow me to explain a little more fully.

There are good and bad liars in this world. The so-called ‘good’ liars are the ones who can convince you what they are saying is actually true. The so-called ‘bad’ liars aren’t able to convince you of anything, but instead are seen for what they are. ‘Bad’ liars generally don’t get anywhere. They’re almost always roundly ignored and thoroughly discredited. Take George Adamski for example. He was a delusional man who claimed to have various meetings with Venusian spacemen. His stories grew more outrageous the more he told them. He couldn’t even keep his own story straight and would contradict himself quite often. You might be thinking ‘I’ve never heard of this guy.” Exactly. Adamski was a bad liar and was discredited to the point that practically no one knows he ever existed. It doesn’t matter what he said, he could have said anything he wanted. His words and life had zero impact, therefore he is irrelevant.

Then we have the ‘good’ liars. These people are far more dangerous. What makes them so dangerous is they are usually trusted. People listen to them, believing what they say is true. These are the people occupying important positions of power or streaming into our TV at primetime. They have the ability to alter our reality itself, by altering what we may think is true or false.

What separates the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ liars? The ‘bad’ liars will tell a blatantly and often transparent lie. The ‘good’ liars will tell you the truth. Here’s how it works; let’s say I was a journalist and I was covering a story about a murder case. The case involves two individuals, the victim was a homeless man, whereas the murderer was a wealthy man. I write an article about how a wealthy man with a distaste for poor people, decided to go and shoot a homeless man. That article would get circulated and influence who knows how many millions. Despite the fact I told a complete lie. In this hypothetical example, what I neglected to tell you, was this wealthy man was walking home and was actually assaulted by the homeless man. Out of self-defense the wealthy man shot his attacker. Do you see how this all works? I didn’t tell an outright lie, I went and found that the wealthy man did indeed have a dictate for poor people. Of course the homeless man was shot. I simply left out one single key detail that made all the difference. It’s quite easy to do, and they are very prominent individuals who have attained positions of power by being masters of this subtle art.

Many Americans are waking up to the fact that news outlets are lying to us. What isn’t generally understood is the power of subtlety. Based on my analysis, it’s very rare for a fabricated story to become circulated. Oh it happens, don’t misunderstand, I’m just saying it’s a rare occurrence. The power of a subtle lie cannot be understated. It’s why we as Americans are so divided. It’s how people become provoked into violent demonstrations. By feeding revised versions of events to people, it’s now possible to control the thoughts of an entire nation without the need for dystopian machines.

Say I wanted to influence an election (hypothetically speaking you understand). Let’s say I was a conservative who wanted to destroy my liberal opponent’s character. But my liberal opponent in this example is a man above reproach. What do I do? The most obvious choice would be to simply fabricate a story, maybe he’s guilty of embezzling funds, yes that’s a good one! How can I get this story to circulate without being caught in an obvious lie? Why all I have to do is take a few facts completely out of context! In this hypothetical example, I take to the airwaves and start telling everyone about how my liberal opponent is a greedy man and how he’s embezzled funds for many years. ‘Where’s my proof?’ the news anchor would demand. I show them documents from my opponents tax returns showing there’s a supposed discrepancy. That he reported say $150,000 in income, but some of that money went missing! ‘Where has it all gone”? I ask so innocently. I neglect to tell the American people only about $100 was actually missing, and that was over a birthday gift for his daughter. It doesn’t matter, the story gets circulated, public opinion is turned, and my opponent suddenly becomes a very deceitful man, stealing taxpayer money, while I am so innocent and righteous. You see? It’s not hard to do.

Subtle lies are told to us every single day, and most of the time we aren’t even aware of it. The best way for us to guard ourselves is to always think about the stories we are told. If a certain story is circulated, ask yourself, ‘why is this story being told’? The lies we are being told is always done for a purpose. There’s a specific reason we’re being lied to, and when we peel the layers and think about the purpose, we can usually uncover the lies.