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>I think there's a bit of distance between that motte and the initial ("standard") bailey. Isn't that the point of a motte and bailey? The motte is what you t
by eli_gottlieb 5y ago
>I think there's a bit of distance between that motte and the initial ("standard") bailey.
Isn't that the point of a motte and bailey? The motte is what you think you can defend to an outgroup member without prior convictions, or even an actively skeptical outgroup member. The bailey is what you and your ingroup believe and act upon when nobody's asking you to justify yourselves. They're very different.
- WaxProlix 5y agoSort of - the motte is usually the strongest easily defended claim. The bailey is a much harder-to-defend claim. In this case, there's a very easy, substantially stronger, and often-used claim that might make a better 'motte'.