# Does "Deliberately Distorted" = "Lied"

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**Created:** [June 15, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-deliberately-distorted-lied/722598 "2015-06-15T19:18:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-deliberately-distorted-lied/722598/23 "2015-06-16T05:21:19Z")

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Bone - you had me going for a moment. 😃

> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> I won’t go so far as to call it a microaggression, but I do consider it to be an attack on character. I do my best to post honestly on this board (although I sometimes joke, I trust that readers know when I joke–that sometimes gets me in trouble). Calling a post “disingenuous” is the same as saying, “you’re the sort of person who deliberately posts things that you don’t fully believe.” It’s a character attack. I’d love to see less of it in GD. Calling a post a deliberate distortion is the same sort of thing.

I’ve been accused of lying here, something I hotly denied when I took it to the pit and subjected my sworn adversary to steel-trap logic. I’ve been accused of disingenuousness - which I didn’t mind because I was doing that ironically and intentionally.

Here’s an(other) example of my disingenuousness just today.

> [@FIFA Officials Arrested On Corruption Charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-officials-arrested-on-corruption-charges/720946/228):
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> I’m glad Blatter is reconsidering his hasty decision to resign from FIFA. Snort.  
> Seriously, some European Football association needs to announce the 2022 World Soccer Championship ™, and make inquiries about possible locations. Here’s the twist: _hold it in the summer at a locale with temperatures cooler than 100 degrees F_. I know: wild idea.
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> I respect FIFA’s decision to move the World Cup to the Winter. Snort2. I think they should go through with their 2022 Dubai plan, showcasing such powerhouse countries such as the Caymen Islands and New Guinna. Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy can play in the summer outside of the FIFA framework.

(Those who have a problem with the substance are welcome to comment in the other thread.)  
I admit that the term disingenuous is commonly used in politics as a euphemism for lying. But it also has a milder meaning.

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