• @Soyweiser
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    91 day ago

    Isn’t this a case of ‘the good bits are not original and the original bits are not good’. According to wikipedia it is from 2005.

    • David GerardOPMA
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      615 hours ago

      various forms of equivocation

      • @blakestaceyA
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        5 hours ago

        I don’t see what useful information the motte and bailey lingo actually conveys that equivocation and deception and bait-and-switch didn’t. And I distrust any turn of phrase popularized in the LessWrong-o-sphere. If they like it, what bad mental habits does it appeal to?

        The original coiner appears to be in with the brain-freezing crowd. He’s written about the game theory of “braving the woke mob” for a Tory rag.