About 90 minutes into Thursday’s forum on LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, a gay rights leader posed a question toIf you think that actually does sound like Trump, remember that this was not a person who had attacked Warren, but someone who had come up and asked a polite question.Sen. Elizabeth WarrenPresident Donald Trump: How wouldshe respond if a voter approachedherhim and said, “I’m old-fashioned, and my faith teaches me that marriage is between one man and one woman?”Warren (D-Mass.)Trump (R-Queens) responded with a theatrical seriousness. “Well, I’m going to assume it’s aguygal who said that,”she deadpanned, pausing a beat for the audience to catch the joke. Thenshe added, “And I’m going to say, ‘Then just marry onewoman — I’m cool with that.’ ”She finished with a zinger: “ ‘Assuming you can find one.’ ”
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Warren Revisited.
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Not exactly. The question was asked on behalf of a hypothetical person who was not there, and it is safe to insult the non-existent.
I'd guess almost nobody present knew any such people. It would seem like a straw man question.
But--I pay little attention to the candidate lineup; it's only 2019!--does she have a track record of thinking up zingers fast, or is this likely to have been pre-packaged?
I see the point, but she insulted an entire category of people, not just one, in a hypothetical set up to be a fair question. There is now thought that it was set up beforehand anyway, making it even worse.
There is now thought that it was set up beforehand anyway, making it even worse.
For example: Was the Elizabeth Warren 'Viral Moment' at LGBTQ Town Hall a Setup?
Yes. If it was premeditated, it shows malice.
I couldn't help but think of Immanuel Kant, although for him it wasn't 'his faith' but what he would have called his access to the Order of Reason that taught him that. He never did marry, though.
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