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Analyzing Lauren Daigle's three non-answers: shame, tact, or genuine confusion?

Lauren Daigle and the Homosexuality Question 00:12:19 – 00:15:22

Winger dissects the phrases Daigle used — 'I can't honestly answer,' 'I don't know,' 'I can't say one way or the other' — and evaluates whether they represent honest uncertainty or evasion.

He refuses to attribute the worst motive (cynical PR move), but also refuses to let the ambiguity go unchallenged. He poses three possible explanations: (1) Shame — knowing the truth but feeling social pressure makes saying it unbearable; (2) Tact that becomes compromise — saying 'I don't know' to avoid the conversation, which is dropping the ball; (3) Genuine confusion — possibly exposed to revisionist arguments like Matthew Vines'. Winger is most sympathetic to the third, taking her at face value when she says 'read the Bible and find out.'

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