Trashy Lies

—This movie is full of lies. 

—That’s ok. Creativity. 

—My review explained how I felt about being lied about. 

—I deleted it. 

—It was creative. 

—(dismissive hands) Rules don’t apply. 

—You actually deleted, not just my review off the reviews page, but the whole movie off my list of watched movies….

—Rules don’t apply. I decide what the rules are. 

—Cowans seem to have delicate nerves, right. Normies, that is…. The normies just get…. TERRIFIED…. That someone, somewhere, is choosing not to believe their lies: and isn’t shaming the people that the insiders or the backwards-looking people, or the passive, easily-drawn-to-mockery people, want to see shamed, right…. Such a danger, you know, that the 0.75% or whatever, poses to the 99.25%. We should really keep a tight lid on it, right. Emperor Palpatine would like to hear your report in fifteen, trooper. 

And if you wanted more detail and ambiguity than that…. Well, don’t tell obnoxious lies and censor the people who don’t agree. 

I don’t need to tell the truth; I’m creative. You do not tell the truth: you should stick to the facts. 

~sincerely, 

The Normal People (TM)