If-by-Whiskey
An argument that supports both sides of an issue by using terms that are selectively emotionally sensitive.
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Origin
The label "if-by-whiskey" refers to a 1952 speech by a lawmaker on whether on his ambiguous position on prohibition, where he cited on the one hand, "if by whiskey you mean the devil's brew...I am against it," and on the other, "if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation...then I am for it."