re: "The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. -Aristotle"
What continues to get me is the large number (as in, the MAJORITY) of people who care neither for nor about truth when they discuss politics, religion or sex. These are people who misstate something and, when they're presented with incontrovertible evidence that they're wrong, go right on saying it.
After one of the recent discussions, someone suggested that I might be on the verge of going postal. That's not going to happen, but I will admit that talking day in and day out with those who value the quantity of words above the quality, drives me absolutely nuts. A lie repeated unto infinity does NOT make it any less of a lie.
My folly is that even as I realize that such people are not worth ANYONE's time, much less my own, I still can't get myself to stop talking to them.