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If By Whiskey...political speak
Posted on 11/21/14 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 11/21/14 at 3:35 pm
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If-by-whiskey in political discourse is a relativist fallacy in which the speaker's position is contingent on the listener's opinion.
The phrase comes from what may be the greatest political speech I've ever read delivered by one "Soggy" Sweat Jr. from MS in 1952:
quote:
My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey:
If when you say whiskey you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.
But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.
This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.
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Sounds like something the Coen bros would have written into O' Brother Where art Thou.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 3:45 pm to cwill
I read that whole thing in John Goodman's voice
Posted on 11/21/14 at 4:00 pm to Green Chili Tiger
I hear the KKK guy running for governor.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 5:00 pm to cwill
I fricking love whiskey.
the only inanimate objects I love more than whiskey is peanut butter and bacon.
But whiskey is nipping at their heels. It will probably never catch peanut butter, but frick I think i prefer whiskey to bacon.
the only inanimate objects I love more than whiskey is peanut butter and bacon.
But whiskey is nipping at their heels. It will probably never catch peanut butter, but frick I think i prefer whiskey to bacon.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 5:01 pm to Hawkeye95
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the only inanimate objects I love more than whiskey is peanut butter and bacon.
But whiskey is nipping at their heels. It will probably never catch peanut butter, but frick I think i prefer whiskey to bacon.
Looks like it's a great day for you to be alive:
Posted on 11/21/14 at 5:05 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Looks like it's a great day for you to be alive:
I have actually had it! Never had PB whiskey though.....maybe I need to give that a shot.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 5:10 pm to Hawkeye95
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I fricking love whiskey.
the only inanimate objects I love more than whiskey is peanut butter and bacon.
But whiskey is nipping at their heels. It will probably never catch peanut butter, but frick I think i prefer whiskey to bacon.
Isn't there bacon infused whiskey for you?
*ETA oops
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 5:11 pm
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