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Have you stopped beating your wife?
by zeteo 16y ago
Have you stopped beating your wife?
- genieyclo 16y agoFor the downvoters, zeteo is referencing a logical fallacy used by the parent comment to his: http://www.fallacyfiles.org/loadques.html http://www.fallacyfiles.org/loadques.html
- jbooth 16y agoIt's not a loaded question, it's a statement of fact "100 upvotes", implied conclusion "community wants this", and invitation to provide alternative explanation "question mark".
- zeteo 16y agoIt's loaded because it sets up and destroys a straw man. The great-great-great-grandparent never argued that the community doesn't want this, only that it's not supposed to.