Such fanciful talk may help us to feel better about the current occupant of the Oval, but it also negates his would-be successor's promises more effectively than any lesser argument you might make against them.
He continued: "Socrates said it was dishonorable to make the lesser argument appear the greater -- or to take someone else's argument and distort it so that you don't have to engage their strongest points.
All of this adds up to one of the lesser-voiced arguments for certain types of renewable energy — specifically wind turbines and photovoltaic solar panels, like those that go on roofs.
The lesser evil argument is annoying, played out, and couched in fear, but there's an emotional appeal to it that's tempting to submit to.
The "lesser evil" argument was that it kept men from committing rape or adultery, particularly in situations such as war, where men outnumbered women.
Good luck making that "lesser of" argument to young people who actually believe this country should be fundamentally changed, and that Bernie, not Hillary, is truly committed to doing just that.
But contrary to J. S. Mill, it is a lesser-evil argument in favor of secrecy rather than publicity.[36] Such developments may be dismissed as being of merely historical interest.
One is going to be this lesser-evil argument.
The lesser-evil argument, through most of my adult life, has been compelling for most people on the progressive side.
But I could see this as an issue where the lesser-evil argument is going to tear apart this whole progressive movement in the next period.
