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Cheap Rhetorical Trick the Left Does to EverybodyReader comment on item: Tolerance and Risk Submitted by David Ryan (United States), Dec 7, 2021 at 13:50 It goes like 'You're a nice guy, not like the rest of your people." And the "nice guy", distracted by the insincere personal compliment, falls for the rhetorical gimmick, which is the goal. A famous example is in the 1996 Vice Presidential debate between Democrat Al Gore and candidate Jack Kemp. Moderator Jim Lehrer of leftist PBS sets it up and after an initial response from Kemp, Gore sucks Kemp right in with the fake compliment separating him from other Republicans:
Kemp totally fell for it and rhetorically sold out the rest of the Republican Party. He should have said - I'm not falling for the lie about my Republican compatriots. Most of your Democrat friends are as nasty if not nastier than anybody. Example. Rostenkowski... Example. Byrd... Example... Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Daniel Pipes replies: Well, not "to everybody." I can't recall being complimented like this. |
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