[incangold]

Agreed.

But if we’ve learned anything from the last 4 years it’s that “low quality lies” (which I’ll read as “obvious untruths”) presenting a simple message are fiendishly, fiendishly difficult to defend against when the truth is complex and unpalatable.

It’s an important job to be able to cope with lies, certainly (ideally without lying in turn). But it’s not easy.

[n4r9]

Indeed; "as soon as you have to explain yourself, you've lost the argument".