ATTACK!! People are responsible for the questions they answer.

[Gold Metal Flake]

One can not control when a reporter will ask a "some people say" question, the kind of question that is a ploy to propel false concepts, lies or straw man arguments. One can control whether one answers such a question.

We all know that a "some people say" question is a ploy to shelter the source of a quote (because the source is controversial) or to hide that the quote is fictional. It's not a new idea. So why respond? To respond to the question is to legitimize the fallacy. To conservatives, a lie unrefuted becomes the truth.

All Democratic party members who are asked the "some people say" question should demand to know the source of the quote. If the interviewee is given the source (RNC operative posing as reporter: "Er, uh, it was (shuffle shuffle) uh,... it wassss... Ann Coulter"), they can then respond in a manner respective to the legitimacy of the quote ("Are you seriously quoting Ann Coulter to me?" or something more diplomatic but just as humiliating to the poser). If no source is given, the interviewee should decline to answer anonymous 'quotes".

This shit has gone on long enough. RNC party operatives embedded in the Corporate-owned media must be challenged on their fallacious bullshit.




Edit: Gratuitous exclaimatory word added to subject for attention value. I really, really suck at attention-getting thread titles.

[WCGreen]

1. EXACTLY......

[solara]

2. Definitely.. good post

K&R

:kick:

INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT INCARCERATE :patriot:

[bigmonkey]

3. Say "I don't respond to rumors."

If there's no source, it's a rumor.

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. Nice!

Such a simple phrase. Of course, the poser will persist (" but don't you think it is true that people feel this way....?"). Simply repeat the position. Reword and repeat. Many of our Democratic representatives are lawyers, they should know better. Edwards is a very good lawyer and he should know better. I guess it's up to us to give them the strength to not feel they have to entertain any question no metter how loaded, false or misleading.