Of course there should be; and, when dealing with me, there are.
If someone repeatedly lies to me, I don’t believe them, trust them, or involve myself with them; I’ll walk away from them. You can’t have a relationship with me if dishonesty is the backbone of your character.
This weekend Trump gave a speech at Mar-a-Lago to the conservative faithful in which he absurdly claimed that Biden “convinced” Putin to invade Ukraine. You read that right: “Trump, without evidence, said Biden told the Russian leader it would be ‘no problem’ if he took ‘some parts of Ukraine’ in the invasion Russia began in February 2022” (read story here).
By now, unless you live under a toadstool, you know how Trump operates: He just says stuff, untethered to truth, facts, or reality. That’s him. But what about his followers, the people who believe his nonsense?
This is, for now, still a free country;* and people can think, say, and believe whatever they like. (*That’s something people like Trump and DeSantis want to change.)
I wouldn’t have it differently. But with freedom comes responsibility, and I don’t have time for people who are irresponsible with truth; they’re not going to have a conversation with me. I’ll walk away. (Others have expressed this sentiment as, “I don’t suffer fools.”)
People who believe Hillary Clinton is a cannibal who eats children in a dungeon under a pizza parlor that doesn’t have a basement; people who believe JFK Jr. will reappear from the dead in Dealey Plaza to lead Trump back into the Oval Office; people who believe Biden encouraged Putin to invade Ukraine — I don’t have time for them.
If someone can’t do any better than that, they’re wasting my time. And these days, that’s pretty much the entire Republican Party.