reply to post by Janky Red
Made me laugh Janky...thanky.
I don't believe anyone read the OP except for a couple of people.
The article is slanted bias for the first couple of paragraphs. No...it is closer to
being an outright lie of omission than slant. However the article is slanted
all the way thru.
The gist is; It came to the attention of someone in the GOP party up there that the
party's stance was that homosexual acts should still be illegal, even though the
law that HAD existed before 1997 had been struck down in the supreme court.
As it turns out, no one had seen fit to change the platform, or given it any thought.
It had flew under the radar for several years. Then the articles ~slants~ and implies
that many Republicans wanted it that way...without any reference I might add.
It appears to be a good tactic to use when you want to push an agenda. Write an
article and put the slander RIGHT UP FRONT (as in IN THE HEADLINE)...then spend
a little time toward the end of the article recanting just enough (and doing so
in a nearly incomprehensible manner,) so that legally you're covered but no one
really understands anyway. And so they just go off chomping at the bit with your
agenda firmly placed in their mouth.
It certainly seemed to work well here at ATS..and here we have that
pesky "Deny Ignorance" qualification.
Imagine if it was just a bunch of un-educated sheeple, to bothered to read
naught but the headline.
HEADLINE:
I AM THE MOST HANDSOME MAN IN THE WORLD.
....except for everyman who is better looking than me.
edit on 20-9-2010 by rival because: (no reason given)