• HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Politicians really need to start being held accountable for blatant lies… they don’t even try anymore, which means it will only get worse. Lying like this should be punishable.

      • fern@lemmy.autism.place
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        12 hours ago

        No, laws should be in place that make this illegal. I want every speech a candidate gives to be under oath and punishable by being banned from holding office.

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          9 hours ago

          We have a first amendment. It protects speech. “Laws” against what can and cannot be said in public is not a slippery slope I want to go down, regardless if the person is a lying sack of shit.

          As already stated, the voters are supposed to hold these lying sacks of shit accountable by voting out said lying sacks of shit. I think this problem gets dealt with in abolishing first past the pole voting systems.