[To be clear, this was, "but I don't think the campaign has taken that position." I was not describing my assessment of Trump supporters.]
I was saying, "I don't think HRC's campaign has taken position that 50% of Trump supporters are deplorable, but maybe they are."
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Does that inverse recitation make it more clear? I was saying, "I don't think this is their position, but maybe it is."
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But, more importantly, that was just an underlying Q to the actual Q I was asking: Why the "grossly generalistic" caveat?
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If she/they believe it, why hedge, which undermines the claim? If she/they don't believe it, why say it?
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because to play politics is to play semantics? I don't think hedging undermines here.
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