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THE MYTH OF THE GOOD OL BOY AND THE NICE GAL The good of boy myth and the nice gal are a kind of social conformity myth. They create a real paradox when put together with the "rugged individual" part of the Success Myth. How can I be a rugged individual, be my own man and conform at the same time? Conforming means "Don't make a wave", "Don't rock the boat". Be a nice gal or a good ol' boy. This means that we have to pretend a lot. "We are taught to be nice and polite. We are taught that these behaviors (most often lies) are better than telling the truth. Our churches, schools, and politics are rampant with teaching dishonesty (saying things we don't mean and pretending to feel ways we don't feel). We smile when we feel sad; laugh nervously when dealing with grief; laugh at jokes we don't think are funny; tell people things to be polite that we surely don't mean." - Bradshaw On: The Family

There was nothing she would ever change about him , except for who he thought she was.

There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these obliging utterers of empty words, who view every one in civilities

[There are] lies of two varieties. There is the truly bad, “I know that what I am saying is untrue, but it suits my agenda to say it anyway” kind. There is the less bad, “I came upon information I liked or found persuasive, and repeated it before verifying it was true” kind. The latter is not about willful dishonesty, just carelessness. But since both varieties promulgate misinformation, both kinds are harmful.

Truth is thick-skinned; no arrow can pierce it.

They call good evil and evil good. There are those who are so easily offended that they lose their ability to ever discern any truth, and this is often derived from a sort of frenzy by way of their own masked prejudice.

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 Freyd: The term "multiple personality" itself assumes that there is "single personality" and there is evidence that no one ever displays a single personality. TAT: The issue here is the extent of dissociation and amnesia and the extent to which these fragmentary aspects of personality can take executive control and control function. Sure, you and I have different parts to our mind, there's no doubt about that, but I don't lose time to mine they can't come out in the middle of a lecture and start acting 7 years old. I'm very much in the camp that says that we all are multi-minds, but the difference between you and me and a multiple is pretty tangible. Freyd: Those are clearly interesting questions, but that area and the clinical aspects of dissociation and multiple personalities is beyond anything the Foundation is actively... TAT: That's a real problem. Let me tell you why that's a problem. Many of the people that have been alleged to have "false memory syndrome" have diagnosed dissociative disorders. It seems to me the fact that you don't talk about dissociative disorders is a little dishonest, since many people whose lives have been impacted by this movement are MPD or have a dissociative disorder. To say, "Well, we ONLY know about repression but not about dissociation or multiple personalities" seems irresponsible. Freyd: Be that as it may, some of the scientific issues with memory are clear. So if we can just stick with some things for a moment; one is that memories are reconstructed and reinterpreted no matter how long ago or recent. TAT: You weigh the recollected testimony of an alleged perpetrator more than the alleged victim's. You're saying, basically, if the parents deny it, that's another notch for disbelief. Freyd: If it's denied, certainly one would want to check things. It would have to be one of many factors that are weighed -- and that's the problem with these issues -- they are not black and white, they're very complicated issues.

Truth never grows old; it is eternally young.

The speed of lies is fast but shortlived. Truth shall always outlive the lies and the liars. Angelica Hopes, Karmic Harvest Trilogy

The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".

The western world is a dishonest society of non-disclosure agreements, cash for silence, and the illegal removal of civil rights from those in the know.

Truth has never been conquered, not even by the mightiest armies.

Truth heals, even when bitter; lies harm, even when sweet.

Truth heals, even when it hurts. Lies hurt, even when they purport to heal.

Truth in your heart is better than treasure in your hands.

Unfortunately in today’s world a liar seems to be more reliable than a truthful honest man.

You've got to see me, Martin. I'm to blame. I've never been quite and entirely myself with you. The situation didn't let me be. The untruthfulness infected everything. I must break out a little? Do you see at all?

We have come to a point in time where using common sense, speaking factual truths and asking honest questions have been deemed radical behavior. While in turn, manipulation, thoughtlessness and dishonesty is often rewarded and rules the day.

When Reacher Gilt talks about freedom, he means his, not anyone else's.

When your ears hear one thing, but your eyes see another…use your brain.

You never see the entire script of political theater until long after the last scene has been acted out.

When you're paid to do a job, it's better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That's one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See?

A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.

According to Kim Jong-Il's biography, they say he has been constantly accused of dishonesty, drunkenness and sexual excess. So if he lived here, he could be in Congress.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.

All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal.

Fancy language, like poplin, too often conceals an eczema.

Dishonesty increases disorder exponentially. It's hard enough to communicate when you're telling the truth.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Honesty is something you can't wear out.

I have so great a contempt and detestation for meanness, that I could sooner make a friend of one who had committed murder, than of a person who could be capable, in any instance, of the former vice. Under meanness, I comprehend dishonesty; under dishonesty, ingratitude; under ingratitude, irreligion; and under this latter, every species of vice and immorality in human nature.

I didnt know I was mad about anything. I guess if the New York Times says I am, I must be.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Justification for infidelity and dishonesty in all their manifestations lies in the marginal cost economics of “just this once.

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.

Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel.

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

So when you hear about Hillary's [Clinton] dishonesty, or the emails, or taking millions from the Saudis and other Middle Eastern dictatorships - remember, this is not about politics.

She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.

That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from.

There is no greater dishonesty than man effecting his own private gains at the expense of others.

There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.

they who are not fastidious as to the means, seldom fail of securing the result they aim at.

The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.