{"id":55157,"date":"2017-05-18T17:28:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55157"},"modified":"2017-05-18T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:28:37","slug":"addendum-requested-mccants-on-gesture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55157","title":{"rendered":"Addendum requested: McCants on Gesture"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — vexed questions — to bow or not to bow, hold hands, smooch, that funny handshake, dance moves, veil ]
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WIll McCants<\/strong> has lined up his “friendly advice for the poor speechwriter tasked with crafting Trump’s upcoming speech on Islam” in a Politico piece titled Trump Is Giving a Speech About Islam. What Could Go Wrong?<\/a> The next word, opening McCants’ sub-head? Plenty<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Thing is, gestures speak loud as words<\/strong>. Here are some of the slippery issues McCants might like to address in terms of gesture.<\/p>\n

Bow:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s the question of bowing. President Obama <\/strong>may or may not have bowed, or leaned over to give a double-handed handshake. It’s a founding principle that America doesn’t feel deferential to monarchy, and Obama reportedly didn’t bow to Queen Elizabeth <\/strong>when he met her..<\/p>\n

Here’s Bill O’Reilly<\/strong>: <\/p>\n