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This is exactly the motte and bailey argument that gets under my skin. The motte is "all media/opinions are biased", which is trivially true and easily defended
by Afforess 9y ago
This is exactly the motte and bailey argument that gets under my skin. The motte is "all media/opinions are biased", which is trivially true and easily defended, and the bailey is "this op-ed is acceptable", harder to argue, unless one uses the motte to advance it.
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- mvkel 9y ago“...motte and bailey...” removes monocle Oh yes. Quite. Did you just learn what “motte and bailey” means or something? He’s saying look at the section the piece appeared in (op-ed; opposite the editorial page; the OPINION section) It’s the one part of the paper that is specifically meant for opinions. It has featured climate change deniers, flat earthers, and 9/11 truthers. Because it’s expected that people know what an opinion piece is and can use their own experience and wisdom to form their own opinion. Second, it’s easy/fun to crap on Comcast, but it’s possible to be pro-net-neutrality AND pro-repeal. See: Marc Andreessen.