Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Socialism@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 years agoStop asking everyone to condemn Hamasindependentaustralia.netexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkStop asking everyone to condemn Hamasindependentaustralia.netRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Socialism@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarergb3x3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoIt’s likely asked as a “gotcha” sort of question; a question that the asker is using to prove the answerer is on the side of the terrorists. There’s no nuance in that question. It’s meant as a leading question to derail legitimate discussion.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoPretty much like the “you pretend to have an ecological conscience but you have an iPhone and a car”.
minus-squareRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years ago It’s meant as a leading question to derail legitimate discussion aka arguing in bad faith.
It’s likely asked as a “gotcha” sort of question; a question that the asker is using to prove the answerer is on the side of the terrorists. There’s no nuance in that question.
It’s meant as a leading question to derail legitimate discussion.
Pretty much like the “you pretend to have an ecological conscience but you have an iPhone and a car”.
aka arguing in bad faith.