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Insidious:

in·sid·i·ous

inˈsidēəs/

adjective

1. proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

   
   

   "sexually transmitted diseases can be insidious and sometimes without symptoms"

   
   

   synonyms:

   stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, cunning, crafty, treacherous, artful, sly, wily, shifty, underhanded, indirect; informalsneaky "the insidious bond between big money and political decisions"

• treacherous; crafty.

Let's say you've spent 40 years bitching about Waste Fraud & Abuse, giving the other side (ie: Libruls) the time and opportunity to look into it and point out that while there's a good bit of chicanery here and there, for the most part, government works pretty well, and in a fairly honest and cost-effective way.

Now let's say you want to take advantage of lots of weird situational confusion, and you're openly ripping off the taxpayers for millions.

All you have to do is point out that the liberals have been saying there's no corruption in government - and they've been saying it for years (even tho that's not what they've been saying, but who fuckin' cares anymore) - anyway, now suddenly, those libtards are saying it's everywhere - and blah blah blah.

Call it The Inoculating Lie.