...votes for coalition members who have always been cheats, cheats, cheats and will always be cheats, cheats, cheats and will always defend cheats, cheats, cheats..
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Keating accuses coalition members of being habitual cheats and criticizes their voters.
- In plain terms
- He says coalition members always cheat and their voters defend them.
- What can you take from it?
- Accuse opponents of systemic dishonesty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you prove systemic cheating?
- Why do people defend bad actors?
Another view
Repeated accusations without proof can become noise rather than evidence.
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