What taqqiya actually is from ex Muslims https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Taqiyya
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1175913850782343168.html
Saying that taqqiya is "lying in order to make islam look less shitty than it already is" would be implying that muslims are aware that islam is false and therefore allah is false and would have no reason to lie about islam being good since they won't go to hell for thinking that islam is shit because their is no allah to punish them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/m4o90l/the_problem_with_the_taqqiya_argument/
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/otpj2t/did_any_muslim_teach_you_about_taqqiya_or_kitman/
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/an4pip/taqqiya_shia_sahih_hadith_promotes_lying_to/