This article suggests, via CAC method that they proposed, an alternative actions of politicians, and incorporate such surprising findings to the existing theories.
However, I think the category of "taunting" seems a bit vague, and sometimes empirically overlap with other categories. For example, the following quote: “The Intolerance and discrimination from the Bush administration against gay and lesbian Americans is astounding.” I think this is a vague case, for this statement can also be grouped together as a "position taking": it's a way of expressing one's own political viewpoint! In other words, "position taking" is a substance of an action, and "taunting" is a form of an action. Thus, some statements can be classified, and should be classified, as "position taking" and "taunting" simultaneously. I think it's an important issue, because a categorization scheme should not allow for such potential overlaps.
This article suggests, via CAC method that they proposed, an alternative actions of politicians, and incorporate such surprising findings to the existing theories.
However, I think the category of "taunting" seems a bit vague, and sometimes empirically overlap with other categories. For example, the following quote: “The Intolerance and discrimination from the Bush administration against gay and lesbian Americans is astounding.” I think this is a vague case, for this statement can also be grouped together as a "position taking": it's a way of expressing one's own political viewpoint! In other words, "position taking" is a substance of an action, and "taunting" is a form of an action. Thus, some statements can be classified, and should be classified, as "position taking" and "taunting" simultaneously. I think it's an important issue, because a categorization scheme should not allow for such potential overlaps.