[lit-ideas] Re: news?
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 17:32:05 -0400
It's called "Setting the Agenda."
John's right. Another common trick is to set the agenda by limiting the
debate.
On abortion for example, the right to choose is a moderate position,
between:
1. mandatory abortions for families with more than two children
2. right to choose
3. no legal abortions
But by limiting the debate, (2) is made to seem an extreme liberal
position and the difference between (2) and (3) can be debated, rather
than the difference between (1) and (3).
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