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Is it ok for the Government to lie to it's people? I wanted to start a thread here to see what people thought. I'm not talking this current administration but the government in general reguardless of whether it is republican or democrat or whatever.
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I agree that Rekna's question is too broad and her/his poll choices are too narrow. But the OP also made it clear that this question is not about this specific administration or either of our two parties.
Roachboy, whatever you may think of the "right" or the "left", is irrelevant to this particular topic. The question is whether there is any justification to be lied to by our government.
Politicophile answered the broader question with what he deemed appropriate withholding from the public, as did others.
Do you have a position, in general, about when or if the government has a reasonable justification for ever lying or misrepresenting the truth to the public?
I can think of circumstances that would make that necessary, but I insist that our country's checks and balances should be the watchdog over those decisions. Abuse of power to sway public opinion would never be acceptable to me.