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The rebuttal contains perhaps my least favorite underhanded rhetorical tactic: Alice expresses a viewpoint, Bob disagrees, and Alice replies something along the
by jkaptur 2y ago
The rebuttal contains perhaps my least favorite underhanded rhetorical tactic: Alice expresses a viewpoint, Bob disagrees, and Alice replies something along the lines of "wow, it seems I've really touched a nerve! You care so much; you're obsessed with this. You and the rest of the fanatics are zombies who unthinkingly oppose my considered ideas. The very intensity of your disagreement is proof that something is deeply wrong with the way you think about this."