I think of a famous Chinese story. call a deer a horse.
A powerful dishonest official brought a deer to the king, but he lied and said it was a horse.Then he asked all the ministers: “Is this a deer or a horse?”Some people told the truth and said it was a deer.Some were afraid of his power, so they lied and followed him to say it was a horse.
Later, the idiom means someone deliberately distorts facts, tells blatant lies, and forces others to agree with his wrong opinion by power or intimidation.
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Blind followers of a blind man
Because he never wants to accept he is wrong
I think of a famous Chinese story. call a deer a horse.
A powerful dishonest official brought a deer to the king, but he lied and said it was a horse.Then he asked all the ministers: “Is this a deer or a horse?”Some people told the truth and said it was a deer.Some were afraid of his power, so they lied and followed him to say it was a horse.
Later, the idiom means someone deliberately distorts facts, tells blatant lies, and forces others to agree with his wrong opinion by power or intimidation.
Grabbed ‘em by the p— … never mind.
https://preview.redd.it/6cxn8s2zitzg1.png?width=3289&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6d473523d91cf9ac8792ac35633a77dda2e6df9
This is why he never fails that cognitive test he keep bragging about.