# How does one teach one's children how to lie?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-teach-ones-children-how-to-lie/422843>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 15, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-teach-ones-children-how-to-lie/422843 "2007-10-15T21:55:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-teach-ones-children-how-to-lie/422843/21 "2007-10-17T17:00:29Z")

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[QUOTE=dropzone]  
Amen! One of the worst things to come out of the 70s was the insistence by some people to tell the truth, no matter who they hurt, because they were “keeping it real.” :rolleyes: I believe most if not all of them were closet sadists who were glad for the excuse.  
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I’ll add those women who shout loud and proud that “I’m a bitch”. Like admitting it makes it ok.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-teach-ones-children-how-to-lie/422843/22 "2007-10-19T19:15:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Sitnam]  
I’ll add those women who shout loud and proud that “I’m a bitch”. Like admitting it makes it ok.  
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Or men who admint to being an “asshole”. It’s one thing to not realize you are being a jerk. If someone acts like a jerk and is proud of it out of some sense of entitlement, then they deserve whatever negative reaction they inspire in others.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-teach-ones-children-how-to-lie/422843/23 "2007-10-19T22:36:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Triskadecamus]  
Yeah, I love to explain to people who believe in brutal honesty that “That’s why people don’t like you very much. Just being honest, you know?”  
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Most people mistake brutal honesty for an excuse to say whatever the hell pops into their heads, be it honest or not.

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