(September 28, 2018 at 9:36 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I was describing a fact, not reporting a polling question.
No, you weren't describing a fact. You were putting forth your faulty interpretation of a polling question.
Quote:What difference does it make to my point?
It completely invalidates your point. For your point to be valid, the polling question would have to say something along the lines of it being proven now that Ford's charge is true.
As it stands now, I would answer the question as written in the affirmative. I don't know with certainty that the incident didn't occur. Maybe it did. My point is that it's dangerous and unjust to judge the man on an uncorroborated accusation about something that supposedly happened 35 years ago.
However, if you added the proven now language (which is necessary for your interpretation), I would answer in the negative.
Quote:Are you saying Republicans wouldn't know Kavanaugh is lying if Christine Blasey Ford's allegation is true?
No, I'm saying there's a difference between it being true, and it being proven true. You're assuming the latter without basis. Not everyone reads it like you did, which is why 12% of Dems and 30% of independents answered in the affirmative. You don't think that 12% of Dems would approve if the charges were proven true, do you? There's obviously different interpretations that you're not allowing for.
Quote:I repeat. There is something wrong with you.
No, you're just not thinking things through. Your partisanship has left you blinded to nuance.
