Well, it's pretty apparent that my words are being twisted as though
intended to address one person's post. They were not.
Now, I'd like Mr. Atherton or anyone else to give us all some definitive
examples of deceptive advertising and marketing through the use of
misleading labels by left or progressive groups as a way of persuading
right-leaning people to their side.
One. Just one example, Mr. Atherton.
I wager, that if one example can be iterated, a dozen more can be found to
be just the opposite.
In either case, I deplore the mangling of meaning to convey an opposite
impression from the reality underneath, no matter the political persuasion.
Deception and dishonest by anyone and any group is exactly the means by
which clever politics keep people cynical and out of participating in civic
activity, not the least of which is voting.
But I suggest to you that my argument below is not the proper example at
all. The statement below is an observation, not an example of deception.
So, let's have at it: let's find the outfits that claim to be one thing,
but are actually the opposite of what they claim. It ain't just rhetoric.
Rhetoric is not by definition deceptive.
I've mentioned the right wing organization in Virginia, The Center for Equal
Opportunity. You've all mentioned a "labor" group that has nothing to do
with union organizing.
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
--------
I (cannot) submit the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party
of men (and women) whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in
anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction
is the last degradation of a free and moral agent.
--- Thomas Jefferson (updated)
> From: "Michael Atherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 12:09:22 -0600
> To: "Mpls List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [Mpls] Labor Endorsement
>
> Andy Driscoll wrote:
>
>> I've heard back from some Minneapolis residents and political figures
>> confirming my conclusion that right-wing groups use left-wing terms to
>> deceive the public into believing that their radical right agenda is the
>> feel-good policy perspective that they know most people respond to when it is
>> precisely the opposite, and for this they should never be forgiven.
>>
> Well this confirms my conclusion that left-wing groups use right-wing terms to
> deceive the public into believing that their radical left agenda is the
> feel-good policy that they know most people respond to when it is precisely
> the opposite, and for this they should never be forgiven.
>
> Rhetoric, is rhetoric, is rhetoric...
>
> I agree that Ms. Nompelis' post is misleading and I would respect her more if
> she would retract it, but honorable politics is lacking on both sides of the
> spectrum not just one.
>
> Michael Atherton
> Prospect Park
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