To: Hot Tabasco
Are you saying that "divorced persons" should not be loved? Nope. That is the strawman that Marco built.
His words
“But again, as I said, I’m a member of the Catholic faith that teaches, for example, that divorce is wrong,” Rubio said. “But if someone gets divorced, I’m not going to stop loving them or having them a part of our lives.”
Do I need to explain in detail how fallacious that is? Please say that I don't
49 posted on
04/16/2015 4:55:11 AM PDT by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
It just occurred to me that Rubio's Straw Man (“If someone gets divorced, I’m not going to stop loving them”) is neither a statement of principle (it's vacuous) NOR a gaffe. I think it may be perfectly deliberate and perfectly cynical.
He knows that what he said is a stupid non sequitur, but he also knows that the Great American Electorate cannot hold two thoughts in its head without one of them leaking out its ears. They just hear "love" and think "Oh well then, that's all right...."
The worst thing about American Democracy is that we get what we deserve.
195 posted on
04/16/2015 10:40:48 AM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(What unites us all, of any race, gender, or religion, is that we all believe we are above average.)
To: don-o
Rubio is a former Mormon; what was he before he was Mormon?
213 posted on
04/16/2015 3:48:47 PM PDT by
Theodore R.
(Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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