Hmm, where do I start? There's Bill Clinton saying "I did not have sex with that woman," or the claim that woman make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men or the question "would you rather have a trans child or a dead child" or, in the case of the Big Lie, that there were "irregularities" in some states' votes. This alone has been enough to cast doubt in people's minds who already wanted the lie to be true, and, as with all elections, is technically true.

Not to mention that I could cite pretty much every lawyer who's ever lived. Lying with statistics or with linguistic technicalities is so common we've almost forgotten that it's lying.

All that said, of course, I agree with you. There is such a thing as a lie. The question is what to do about them. And how to identify them before they have a chance to do any harm.

Trump had been repeating the claim that the only way he could lose is if the election was "rigged" for months before the election. This is obviously false too. But how do you stop him from saying it? Especially given that the attempt to stop him from saying it would have been all the evidence some people needed that it was true.