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Originally Posted by cthulu23
You are right that it's possible to interpret it that way....that's what plausible deniability is all about. Considering the lack of subtlety and the tone of the ad, I sincerely doubt that the creators of the it intended for the citizens of West Virginia to think "well shucks, some Democrats do seem very concerned with prayer or religion in public institutions...how does that jibe with free speech" rather than "holy jesus, lock the doors cause the queers are coming for our bibles!!!!!" It's nice to see that the "America under Assault" meme hasn't been limited to foreign policy matters.
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Well, that's where we differ. I find it much, much more likely that they intended the "well shucks, some Democrats do seem very concerned with prayer or religion in public institutions...how does that jibe with free speech?" Especially since
that is what's verbally mentioned by them (with no mention of Bible banning) in that second article:
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"There is a line drawn in America today," one ad says. "On one side are the radicals trying to uproot our traditional values and our culture. They're fighting to hijack the institution of marriage, plotting to legalize partial birth abortion, and working to take God out of the pledge of allegiance and force the worst of Hollywood on the rest of America."
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I think they're deserving of the benefit of the doubt in this particular case.