Oddball
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The streets are going to be shooting galleries if we pass the "must issue" concealed carry laws!!
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The streets are going to be shooting galleries if we pass the "must issue" concealed carry laws!!
If we repeal the stupid federal recreational drug laws, then the chiiiilllldrrreeennnn will be able to buy heroin in school cafeterias!!
My nomination for red herring of the week.I've been saying for years that we can drop the murder rate AND the prison poulation if we'd just repeal murder laws. Quite simple actually.
Is it still a 'scare tactic' if it's true?
Are you trying to say that poster's claims are true?
If you see the phrase 'scare tactics' as a way to side-step proving that the above are untrue, in other words that the phrase is pejorative, then using the term 'scare tactic' is a 'scare tactic.'
If you see the phrase 'scare tactics' as a way to side-step proving that the above are untrue, in other words that the phrase is pejorative, then using the term 'scare tactic' is a 'scare tactic.'
I liken it to someone attempting to refute your claim by labelling you a "racist", "homophobe", "redneck" (pick and adjective). It is the last gasp of an empty argument.
This from the OP:
"...death panels, government control, cost your grand-children for life, raise you taxes even tho you do not pay any, force you to drop private HC, ration medical care, and the list goes on and on. "
All of the above are legitimate concerns, and true.
The accusations themselves are in fact true, even though the semantics themselves are a tad hyperbolic.This from the OP:
"...death panels, government control, cost your grand-children for life, raise you taxes even tho you do not pay any, force you to drop private HC, ration medical care, and the list goes on and on. "
All of the above are legitimate concerns, and true.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion of what is "legitimate and true." The overwhelming and ever-mounting assemblage of evidence indicates that these are certainly not true and the results of the political tactic of fear-mongering. That's the way I weight the evidence and you are obviously free to weight it differently.
WASHINGTON Tom Ridge, the first secretary of homeland security, asserts in a new book that he was pressured by top advisers to President George W. Bush to raise the national threat level just before the 2004 election in what he suspected was an effort to influence the vote.
This from the OP:
"...death panels, government control, cost your grand-children for life, raise you taxes even tho you do not pay any, force you to drop private HC, ration medical care, and the list goes on and on. "
All of the above are legitimate concerns, and true.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion of what is "legitimate and true." The overwhelming and ever-mounting assemblage of evidence indicates that these are certainly not true and the results of the political tactic of fear-mongering. That's the way I weight the evidence and you are obviously free to weight it differently.
IMHO - hyberbole is the bread and butter of "scare tactics"The accusations themselves are in fact true, even though the semantics themselves are a tad hyperbolic
I think enough really good examples of fear politics have been produced here to show neither Republicans or Democrats (or probably anyone who has ever sought public support) are above it.
And I don't think either side has demonstrated the ability to "block out" their recognition of it, if it suits their purpose.
IMHO - hyberbole is the bread and butter of "scare tactics"The accusations themselves are in fact true, even though the semantics themselves are a tad hyperbolic
And I'll agree to disagree with you on how much is truth and much is hyperbole.
IMHO - hyberbole is the bread and butter of "scare tactics"The accusations themselves are in fact true, even though the semantics themselves are a tad hyperbolic
And I'll agree to disagree with you on how much is truth and much is hyperbole.
Your post indicates a willingness to consider facts.
My post is an offer to convince you as to the truth of any of the topics mentioned.