▲ 1118 ▼ RFK jr having a 21-minute crash out (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments Dana Bash on CNN calling the BS out
[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago (4 children) There's gotta be a word for when people say baseline obvious shit like eat healthy and exercise before going off the deep end with pseudoscience bullshit. It's like they go, "I'm normal, but also [thing a nornal person wouldn't say.]" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Motte and bailey. Make wild claim, retreat to safe claim when challenged, go back to wild claim. Jordan Peterson is the master of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] derek@infosec.pub 28 points 4 weeks ago Correct and correct. Only commenting to add a wiki link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy When it feels like someone is spouting impenetrable bullshit look for this connection. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) That's how religion works. "Be nice to each other! Otherwise the guy who is his own dad but also a ghost and still only one person will be mad at you!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) all I’m hearing is that Jesus’s pronouns are they/them as the holy trinity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago The Christian god is a plural system permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmhe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago Pipelining? Rabbit-holing? Trojan horsing? permalink fedilink source parent [–] AmyAye@nord.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago Its basically a variant of "As a black man...." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Motte and bailey. Make wild claim, retreat to safe claim when challenged, go back to wild claim. Jordan Peterson is the master of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] derek@infosec.pub 28 points 4 weeks ago Correct and correct. Only commenting to add a wiki link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy When it feels like someone is spouting impenetrable bullshit look for this connection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] derek@infosec.pub 28 points 4 weeks ago Correct and correct. Only commenting to add a wiki link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy When it feels like someone is spouting impenetrable bullshit look for this connection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) That's how religion works. "Be nice to each other! Otherwise the guy who is his own dad but also a ghost and still only one person will be mad at you!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) all I’m hearing is that Jesus’s pronouns are they/them as the holy trinity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago The Christian god is a plural system permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) all I’m hearing is that Jesus’s pronouns are they/them as the holy trinity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago The Christian god is a plural system permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago The Christian god is a plural system permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago Pipelining? Rabbit-holing? Trojan horsing? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago Its basically a variant of "As a black man...." permalink fedilink source parent