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Brian

It’s not lying when they make you lie, when the only truth they can deal with is their own.

— Queer as Folk

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that a lie isn't really a lie when it's forced on you by people who can only accept their own version of things. It's a defense of concealment as self-protection, placing the dishonesty on those who demand it.

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