Some said motte and bailey, I said bait and switch, others said it’s just plain lying.
What is this rhetorical strategy, where you omit the relevantly-controversial part of a debate (competing rights) to fool your audience that all the fuss is focussed on the uncontroversial part (live how you want)?
It must have a name? https://t.co/7oUPsAVGlE
— Emma Hilton (@FondOfBeetles) August 30, 2022
Anyway. What Chris Bryant said. Caller asks: “What does it actually mean to transition?”
Chris Bryant replies:
… Read the restI think I’ve answered your question and [shaking head in sorrow] I’ll tell you – something that really frightens me at the moment – is politicians who want to use this issue to stir division – because for me –