Thread: Who Should I Vote For?

Originally Posted by Howetzer

Is this statement not biased? [/b]

Oh, my beef wasn't with you being BIASED. My beef was with you making vaguely possitive comments such as that seen in the exact same sort of propaganda spiel such as that seen during election campaigns, and which really serve no pupose but to cloud judgement and disguise meaning. I mean, I'd agree with "conservative" as an informative descriptor and indication of opinion, but "steadfast" and "down to earth" don't actually give any information or opinion but just serve as vaguely positive adjectives - they're weasel-words.

But in any case, yeah, I'll shut up now.

Originally Posted by The

Oh, my beef wasn't with you being BIASED. My beef was with you making vaguely possitive comments such as that seen in the exact same sort of propaganda spiel such as that seen during election campaigns, and which really serve no pupose but to cloud judgement and disguise meaning. I mean, I'd agree with "conservative" as an informative descriptor and indication of opinion, but "steadfast" and "down to earth" don't actually give any information or opinion but just serve as vaguely positive adjectives - they're weasel-words.

But in any case, yeah, I'll shut up now.[/b]

First off I think you should give juroara a little more credit. Who is to say I am clouding her judgment? I would suspect, "Strongly urge you to vote democrat", a bit more along the line of persuasive.
And who are you to tell me what words I can use and which I can not? Conservative is OK but others our weasel words. Well personally I think weasel words are more like --

I don't vote, out of principle. I do go to the voting booth though, I just spoil the ballot paper.[/b]

Should I wait for a list for you to compile for words I can use?

All coming form someone who is not even a US citizen. Further more doesn't even try to represent anything. So you should not even have a set of words.

Enjoy the public holiday that was probably voted into act at some point.