It may have escaped some folk but endemically it has been the norm of life, at least in the uk,to say what they like and think, the old saying of sticks and stones may break my bones but calling will not hurt me, it's only recently that the woke brigade with their hurty feeling nonsense have tried to stop it, thank goodness they are becoming irrelevent.
In all sincerity if you cannot figure out if someone is lying to you then you are more gullible than you may think.