Point of view -- how I see it as opposed to how others see it, is not a matter of truth or lies -- it is a matter of opinion. But nowadays people use their "points of view" as unflappable truths, immune to their own dilution or elimination by actual facts. The fundamental Greek concept of "ethos" is in question; the more basic Greek concept of "logos" is openly violated.
The Trump administration, as a whole, lies without conviction; lies without purpose; lies without meaning. Why? Perhaps it is the "campaign idea" of the "big lie" -- used so successfully by the GOP time and time again to diminish an opponent. Barack Obama is a Muslim (born in Nigeria) and therefore can't be President. Hillary Clinton is a "liar" (irony of ironies) and therefore can't be President. Jeb Bush is somnambulist, and therefore can't be President. Ivanka is a beautiful woman, (not just a daughter) and therefore is "datable" by her own father. Any and every moral restriction used by a civilized and moral world can thus be violated by "point of view" (alternate facts).
If "nuclear weapons" could stop the "carnage" in the Middle East, why not use them (so what if we lay waste to that area for a thousand years). What about those pesky protesters in Ohio (another Kent State, hell; how about another Hiroshima)? Would Donald Trump use nuclear weapons, without conscience, in the modern world -- you decide --- and then YOU RESIST!
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