The Bane of Truth-Telling

The Bane of Truth-Telling

“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth – whatever the truth may be – that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.”

-June Jordan

“Truth” like “Facts” have become problematized during the Trump years. For someone like Trump, not telling the truth appears to actually come easier than telling the truth. What do we make of this?

I wrote these initial thoughts [above] during the Trump Administration.

Consider, now, with a brief distance from Trump in office, if you feel different about the future of truth, facts, truthiness.