It is therefore of GREAT SOCIAL VALUE for educators to talk about circumstances in which "2 + 2 = 5" might be true, and of NO SOCIAL VALUE to go on angry Ayn Rand rants about how people who deny eternal verities like "2 + 2 = 4" are heretics and anathema
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"Motte-and-bailey arguments" themselves are the motte Reading everyone you dislike in bad faith as members of a sinister conspiracy is the bailey
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Thank the fuck you Arthur That has been making me rage for absolutely years
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No, I'm making a motte-and-bailey argument, I'm saying you're doing ithttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1289661410146840576?s=19 …
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