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I think the best response depends on whether you can want to persuade the person you are talking to or bystanders. Either you could call out the tactic or you c
by ma2rten 6y ago
I think the best response depends on whether you can want to persuade the person you are talking to or bystanders. Either you could call out the tactic or you could use something like non-violent communication.
- hertzrat 6y agoI think most of the time this sort of tactic is used with an audience in mind, so presumably we would want to convince the audience. Does calling out “that’s just a bulverism fallacy!” really work?
- ma2rten 6y agoObliviously you wouldn't want to use those words exact unless the audience is a bunch of philosophy mayors. But for example here [1] is a video of Chris Christie effectively calling out a somewhat similar technique from Marco Rubio. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkdpzRDxTXU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkdpzRDxTXU
- aaron-santos 6y agoYou could try it out and see if it works. My gut says that it's good logic, but poor rhetoric. Maybe something like 'My opponent sees conspiracies everywhere. Let them prove my motives rather than assume them'?