04-02-2016, 10:59 PM
(04-02-2016, 09:24 PM)Cutz Wrote: I'm just saying defining the position down to the atom is an easy way to see "complete reversal." On the issue of abortion, if it were banned, a complete reversal would be to say that the ban should be lifted and nobody should be punished. THAT would be a complete 180. Saying that they woman should be punished, then that the doctor should, that's maybe a 90 degree pivot.
There's no atom defining to support an argument here, Cutz. I never said that Trump reversed his full stance on abortion between Tuesday and Wednesday, and that's not what the two of us having been discussing. You're now zooming out, I've not zoomed in.
I specifically said that Trump reversed his position on the punishment point of his abortion statement from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. Which is exactly what he did.
"The woman should be punished" vs. "the woman should not be be punished". Those are opposing positions on that specific point which we've been discussing, no matter how you slice it.
If he'd also said on Tuesday, "the doctor should not be punished" and then said, "the doctor should be punished" on Wednesday...that too would be a reversal of position on that point. But, since he didn't mention the doctor at all on Tuesday, the fact that he added or clarified his belief that the doctor should be punished in Wednesday's statement was not a reversal.
So, I've had enough of Trump and abortion and all that jazz for a Saturday night. There's a glass of wine with my name on it...