Reply #136: The "gotcha" subject line of your OP establishes the false equivalency [View All]

[Orrex]

So, yes false equivalency.

The subordinate point--that the minimal and disorganized death rhetoric from the Left doesn't hold a candle to the multi-billion dollar Rightwing hate/death machine--was weakly made and totally overshadowed by the subject line and the disingenuous claim to flame-martyrdom.


Also, you're surely aware that equivocation doesn't solely mean the slanted redefinition of a single word; it applies equally to the deliberate misrepresentation of a concept. In this way it is akin to a straw man, but whereas the straw man seeks to represent the weakest link as the whole, equivocation is the misrepresentation of the whole or part of the whole.

And Palin most certainly is mainstream-Right, insofar as no one on the Right will take a firm, definitive stand to say "Ms. Palin doesn't speak for me or represent my views."

She postures herself as a viable Rightwing spokesperson. It's not up to me to let the Right off the hook by arguing that she isn't.