re: #130 Dark_Falcon

The violent fantasy at the end is nasty, but its nothing I’ve haven’t though of doing myself. I just know it would be wrong to do such a thing, so I listen to the better parts of myself and ignore the demon when he suggests such things. That understanding is what separates LGF from FR.

The thrust of the post does make a useful point, though one entangled with the Bad Craziness. Poll questions are sometimes slanted to gain a desired result and you don’t have to be a wingnut to deplore dishonest opinion polling.

I suppose this could be a case of intentional slant to get a “desired result”, but it need not be. It could be just laziness or ineptitude on the part of the poll designer(s). I remember people on the left making the same kind of complaint about polls asking whether or not they approved of the ACA, on the ground that some number of the people who disapproved did so because it didn’t go far enough (e.g., they wanted a public option). It doesn’t seem likely to me that the polling organization asked the question that way because they wanted to inflate opposition to the Obamacare.