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Ah, that's why I find sarcasm to be a pretty clumsy argumentation tactic -- it confuses the intent of a statement when used without knowledge of the position yo
by wayoutthere 7y ago
Ah, that's why I find sarcasm to be a pretty clumsy argumentation tactic -- it confuses the intent of a statement when used without knowledge of the position you're speaking from. Better to just come out and say what you mean.
- dragonwriter 7y agoI don't think it was sarcasm at all; the main bit of rhetorical artistry (beyond merging issues of concern to the same side so that gays and abortion becomes “gay abortions”) is the adoption of first person singular to stand in for third-person plural, which presents the issues distracting the two main factions as affecting a single actor. Replace the second use of “I'm” with “the voters are” and the argument is quite direct.