Reply #86: uh, no. [View All]

[iverglas]

If I were continually pointing to UK gun homicide rates screaming.."LOOK, LOOK, UK gun homicide rates are lower than a snakes belly", while avoiding the reality of the UK overall homicide rate, I might be equivocating, no?

Seriously. No. Equivocating is not a good thing, but it isn't every bad thing.

Of course, making statements that imply something to be the case that isn't the case isn't a good thing, either. Like implying that "the reality of the UK overall homicide rate" is somehow something truly horrific, and isn't what it actually is -- what is it this year? 1/3? 1/4? 1/5 the rate in the US?

That's misleading demagoguery. But not equivocating. You can look it up pretty easily.