Oliver Tweed
Active Member
How can it be? If one knows that someone is a bigot, and supports them for office, how can they not be a bigot? The trick is knowing ...
No, the trick is understanding why your argument is poor. I will tell you. Your argument is what's called a "fallacy of accident," or a generalization that disregards exceptions. There are many reasons someone might support the Conservatives, most of which have nothing to do with his or her opinions on homosexuality. Just supporting the Conservatives does not make someone anti-gay.
And by the way, simply tacking on something like "one can certainly not deny that..." before your point does not make it stronger. It makes it weaker.