October 30, 2007Poison Phrase: You don’t like Hillary, do you?
During a political discussion with a gentleman I met on a shuttle, I asked him who his presidential candidate was. He said it was too early to say, and then said,
- You don’t like Hillary, do you?
There are good ways to ask questions – but this isn’t one of them. His question was coercive and opinion laden. It prejudiced the answer and didn’t give me the impression that this man had any interest in what I thought or knew.
Avoid asking questions that start with “you don’t” and end with “do you?”
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