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Alex Hosking

Talking about your point of view like it's axiomatic.

A bit like saying, "I don't know why you're questioning this, you're so obviously wrong, you're making yourself look stupid" with little to nothing to back it up. Or there's making out that what you're disputing isn't generally disputed.
Or just making out that people who have a different opinion just aren't educated enough and need to " read more ".

asked on Wednesday, Mar 09, 2022 06:43:33 PM by Alex Hosking

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Sounds a bit like gaslighting. It is also similar to appeal to common sense .

answered on Wednesday, Mar 09, 2022 07:47:33 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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TrappedPrior (RotE) writes:

An example I can think of is when people say "this isn't political" only to make a nakedly political statement straight after. As if to imply that their statement shouldn't even be questioned because it's just common sense.

posted on Thursday, Mar 10, 2022 04:05:48 AM