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Politics : Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (96)	7/28/2006 11:50:47 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 1695

I know people don't like to think of themselves as bigots. I'm sure people who thought blacks didn't deserve to marry whites didn't think they were bigots either. It's a cruel world.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (96)	7/28/2006 2:08:04 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1695

argue their case persuasively in the public forum while avoiding the temptation to label their opponents as "bigots." That is good PR advice for anyone who really wants to influence the public. Similarly, attacking popular institutions like churches, scouts etc. would be a bad PR idea. Parades with freaky looking marchers would be another bad PR idea. (Recall the "Clean for Gene" antiwar people or the way the early civil rights sit-ins at lunch counters,etc would have their people dressed in suits?) But if the primary goal is to label oneself noble and others bad, then calling the opposition "bigots" s/b the first order of business.