collusive

The striking development is not that the veracity of some is open to doubt, but that this forgivingly collusive arrangement has now broken down: not the fact of lying, but the naming of it.

惊人发展并不在于谎言真实性被公开质疑，而在于这种被宽容共识现在已经瓦解：不是谎言背后真相被质疑，而是撒谎名义被质疑。