Lessons as a child

Almost from birth, my parents told me there were two things I must never do. The first thing was to never lie. They said that under no circumstances should I think it is sometimes permissible to stretch the truth or that even an occasional white lie could be justified. It’s simple, “You don’t lie because once you tell something you know to be false, everything you say after can never be trusted to be the truth again.”

They said the reason telling the truth was so important was so that you would always have the reputation of being an honest and honorable person.

Now I am told to accept a president who lies on a daily basis. About what? Well about anything and everything. Oh, his minions run around retelling and explaining all the lies, but any dimwit can see they too are lying. As my parents said, it’s pretty simple, if you lie you will never be believed again and you will never be respected. No one who cannot be respected should ever be president.

The second thing they told me was, “Don’t be stupid.”

David Clark

Spokane