Screenshot of a fake interview with Jordan Peterson with the following dialog:
McDonald's Cashier: "Would you like fries with that?" Jordan Peterson: "How would you know what I like?
Liking isnt the same as Wanting, or dare I say, Needing* MC: "...so you dont want fries or."
JP: "Define Fries"
MC: "uhhhh they're potatoes that-"
JP: So Vodka is fries? I'll have vodka with my big mac"
老
JP Fans: "This man is an intellectual powerhouse"
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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That, too. For people who don't know what that is (source)

The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities: one modest and easy to defend (the "motte") and one much more controversial and harder to defend (the "bailey").[1] The arguer advances the controversial position, but when challenged, insists that only the more modest position is being advanced.[2][3] Upon retreating to the motte, the arguer may claim that the bailey has not been refuted (because the critic refused to attack the motte)[1] or that the critic is unreasonable (by equating an attack on the bailey with an attack on the motte).[4]

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