• ______, no doubt (about it)
  • definitely

Theres language that seems to set a frame that shifts things rhetorically in favor of what you’re saying that thickens when nobodies contests it

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    21 days ago

    “As you know, $claim”.

    It works rather well in a lot of situations, where you want people to eat the claim being made without questioning it. Because to question it you’d need to admit for yourself “no, I don’t know it; is it true or false? Lemme think…”, and most people are not willing to entertain their own ignorance.

    I consider it a dishonest approach, though. But that’s because usually I’m not too willing to use rhetorical devices.