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That is weak sauce. He was a skilled political operator. To suggest he believed what is provably false suggests he was a fool.

The point is it doesn't matter. Nobody should be murdered for spreading a lie.

Two things can be true at the same time. Spreading lies does matter - it matters a lot. And it's not an excuse for murder.

You said it was a silly. I was responding to that. I didn't say people should be murdered for spreading a lie.