Lies and Damned Lies
Liars lie. We all know that. We also know the grass is green and the sky is blue. What to do though, when the liars falsely claim that a truthful person has lied? Ah, now this deserves a post. And this has happened to the Rifleman not once, but twice in recent months, hence the motivation to add here. First, we must understand the motivation of the false allegation. When a person falsely accuses another of lying, a quick online search yields that the most common reason is faulty communication, and that is this author's most common observation, as well. Of course, most polite people will ask questions or gain clarification first before lobbing an accusation of lying. When faulty communication is not the issue, then a few other possibilities rise to the surface: Pre-existing distrust Psychological projection: they are lying about something, so they accuse you. They are trying to cover for some shortcoming, etc. Sound familiar? If you have read muc...