[High Praise! to Liberal Logic 101]
Obama’s coffee salute:
Bush’s puppy salute:
Of course Liberals are arguing that Obama’s Coffee Salute is not nearly as bad as George Bush’s “Puppy Salute”. The trouble is, one is obviously meant as, “You don’t deserver the effort it takes to shift this coffee cup to my other hand, which is free,” while the other is, “I’m struggling to keep my dog from jumping out of my arms, but I’m still going to try to salute you, because you deserve the effort.”
When measuring the meaning of deviations from formality, always consider the motives that prompted them.
