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Democrats are waging ‘war on the truth’
The “war on women” you’ve been reading about lately is actually a “straw woman” argument. What are “straw woman” arguments? The concept has been around a while. It is making an argument using a flagrant misrepresentation of your opponent’s position to more easily defeat him or her.
The spokesman for the Wisconsin Democrats, Graeme Zielinski, recently said, “collective bargaining is not moving people.” In a new strategy memo, they announced a plan to change the conversation from collective bargaining or their failed economic record to a supposed Republican “war on women.”
This is seen in many statements on recently passed legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 202. Many claim this bill makes it harder for women to file employment discrimination claims, thus it advances the “war on women.” Unfortunately, their arguments forget many facts.
Missing facts and outlandish claims have been why PolitiFact, the nonpartisan fact-checking organization, has given out a “Mostly False,” two “False” ratings, and a “Pants on Fire” in recent weeks on this issue. Democrats have said Republicans want women “at home, cooking and cleaning” (False, Feb. 21), that the GOP said it wants women to be paid less than men (Pants on Fire, March 8, Mostly False, Feb. 23), and that SB 202 prevents women from “doing something about wage discrimination” (False, March 24).
http://gazettextra.com/news/2012/apr/17/democrats-are-waging-war-truth/
The “war on women” you’ve been reading about lately is actually a “straw woman” argument. What are “straw woman” arguments? The concept has been around a while. It is making an argument using a flagrant misrepresentation of your opponent’s position to more easily defeat him or her.
The spokesman for the Wisconsin Democrats, Graeme Zielinski, recently said, “collective bargaining is not moving people.” In a new strategy memo, they announced a plan to change the conversation from collective bargaining or their failed economic record to a supposed Republican “war on women.”
This is seen in many statements on recently passed legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 202. Many claim this bill makes it harder for women to file employment discrimination claims, thus it advances the “war on women.” Unfortunately, their arguments forget many facts.
Missing facts and outlandish claims have been why PolitiFact, the nonpartisan fact-checking organization, has given out a “Mostly False,” two “False” ratings, and a “Pants on Fire” in recent weeks on this issue. Democrats have said Republicans want women “at home, cooking and cleaning” (False, Feb. 21), that the GOP said it wants women to be paid less than men (Pants on Fire, March 8, Mostly False, Feb. 23), and that SB 202 prevents women from “doing something about wage discrimination” (False, March 24).
http://gazettextra.com/news/2012/apr/17/democrats-are-waging-war-truth/
