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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Poet who wrote (34156)10/18/2001 5:44:58 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I'd say homosexuals threaten no families, regardless of race.

That depends on what you mean by homosexuals. If you mean all homosexuals you get a different answer then if you mean any two or more people who are homosexuals. Of course if the 2nd part is true in a particular case (that two or more homosexuals persecute a family), but the headline is "Homosexuals persecute..." then people may take it to mean that homosexuals in general do such things and it is even possible that he headline was selected with the intention of trying to get people to believe such a thing.

For examples of similarly loaded headlines you could imagine one saying "Muslims blow up the WTC", or if a couple of black people robbed a convenience store the headline could be "blacks steal money". Both headlines (and the one you objected to) where strictly speaking accurate but they are loaded. They may be read so as to imply things that are not true even though they are not outright lies.

Tim
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