Bernie Sanders Says ‘Something Is Clearly Lacking’ in Hillary Clinton’s Judgment

[Triana]

23. This isn't about his "tone"

"he's cranky" is another form of the "tone" argument. Why not directly address what he said? Because you don't want to or can't reasonably address what he said. So you resort to personal attacks about his "tone" in the form of "cranky" . Well played. But still: FAIL.

"The tone argument is a form of derailment, or a red herring, because the tone of a statement is independent of the content of the statement in question, and calling attention to it distracts from the issue at hand. Drawing attention to the tone rather than content of a statement can allow other parties to avoid engaging with sound arguments presented in that statement, thus undermining the original party's attempt to communicate and effectively shutting them down."

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Tone_argument

Instead of attempted distraction in re: his "tone" (ie: "cranky&quot why not tell us why her judgement ISN'T faulty for supporting the needless invasion & occupation of Iraq (where there were NO WMD bytheway) and for repeatedly supporting job destroying, trade-imbalancing free trade agreements even though they've all been disastrous for American workers?