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> Let's talk concretely: should a queer person be expected to be tolerant of a coworker who believes that they should be beaten or killed for their sexual orien

by unmole 4y ago

> Let's talk concretely: should a queer person be expected to be tolerant of a coworker who believes that they should be beaten or killed for their sexual orientation? > This question has a yes or no answer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" still remains the gold standard though.

drewbug01 4y ago
From your Wikipedia article: > Leading questions may often be answerable with a yes or no (though not all yes–no questions are leading). And specifically referencing your example, still from your article: > Leading questions are distinct from loaded questions, which are objectionable because they contain implicit assumptions[3] (such as "Have you stopped beating your wife?" That is to say: the question posed is not a leading question, and the article you linked as a citation in fact directly refutes your specific example. Your article helpfully informs us that your example is a “loaded question,” and we can ask Wikipedia what distinguishes such a question: > A loaded question is a form of complex question that contains a controversial assumption (e.g., a presumption of guilt). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question Yet the original question still fails this new test: there is no controversial assumption, and certainly no presumption of guilt. Unless, of course, you think it preposterous that anyone would hold a belief such as “queer people should be beaten to death for their sexual orientation.” Or that it’s unlikely or even impossible that one’s coworkers would hold such a belief. Unfortunately, neither of those are exceedingly controversial - it is trivial to find ample evidence of outright calls for the execution of LGBT individuals in the past month, and I leave that as an exercise to the reader. The most controversial assumption here is that such a person might be a coworker. And frankly, that just doesn’t rise to the level of a “loaded question.” You just didn’t want to answer.

by unmole 4y ago

drewbug01 4y ago

From your Wikipedia article: > Leading questions may often be answerable with a yes or no (though not all yes–no questions are leading). And specifically referencing your example, still from your article: > Leading questions are distinct from loaded questions, which are objectionable because they contain implicit assumptions[3] (such as "Have you stopped beating your wife?" That is to say: the question posed is not a leading question, and the article you linked as a citation in fact directly refutes your specific example. Your article helpfully informs us that your example is a “loaded question,” and we can ask Wikipedia what distinguishes such a question: > A loaded question is a form of complex question that contains a controversial assumption (e.g., a presumption of guilt). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question Yet the original question still fails this new test: there is no controversial assumption, and certainly no presumption of guilt. Unless, of course, you think it preposterous that anyone would hold a belief such as “queer people should be beaten to death for their sexual orientation.” Or that it’s unlikely or even impossible that one’s coworkers would hold such a belief. Unfortunately, neither of those are exceedingly controversial - it is trivial to find ample evidence of outright calls for the execution of LGBT individuals in the past month, and I leave that as an exercise to the reader. The most controversial assumption here is that such a person might be a coworker. And frankly, that just doesn’t rise to the level of a “loaded question.” You just didn’t want to answer.