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by JackC 4340 days ago
> I did not single out one person, nor attack any one position.

Sure you did, when you wrote this:

> No word on if he supports the GLBT community hook, line and sinker.

"Hook, line, and sinker" has a pretty clear meaning, as demonstrated by these examples from dictionaries of American idioms:

> The public isn't swallowing the administration's policies hook, line, and sinker.

> They made up such a good story that we fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

> She fell for our story hook, line, and sinker.

> They believed every word hook, line, and sinker.

(via http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hook,+line,+and+sinker)

You suggested that supporting the GLBT community is the same as falling for a lie. That's a straightforward attack on the position of the GLBT community and on people who support it.

It's cool if you want to back down from that attack -- I think it would be the right thing to do. But don't act like we don't know what words mean.