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Get the Aidan Bailey mug.Also called the motte-and-bailey fallacy. A sort of rhetorical bait-and-switch where one puts forward a controversial point, then claims that they're actually arguing something far less controversial if challenged. This is often done by giving something an agreeable name (e.g., claiming that people who oppose Black Lives Matter the group oppose black lives mattering as a basic concept).
First coined by the philosopher Nicholas Shackel in 2005 and popularized by Star Slate Codex in 2014. Named after a style of medieval castle, where the hillfort (motte) is surrounded by a walled village (bailey). If the bailey was overrun, defenders could fall back to the motte and better weather the attack.
First coined by the philosopher Nicholas Shackel in 2005 and popularized by Star Slate Codex in 2014. Named after a style of medieval castle, where the hillfort (motte) is surrounded by a walled village (bailey). If the bailey was overrun, defenders could fall back to the motte and better weather the attack.
"You don't like MAGA flags, huh? What's wrong with wanting America to be great?"
"Stop it, that's a motte-and-bailey argument and you know it."
"Stop it, that's a motte-and-bailey argument and you know it."
by admiralakbar1 April 22, 2022
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The act of switching sports team in mid life. No grown man should ever switch teams they root for after entering adulthood.
Man the JETS are going to suck this year. Perhaps this year I will pull a ballenger and root for the Raiders.
by Feyer August 20, 2011
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Private, you need to lose weight. Maybe you need to watch your food intake.
DS I am and I do not think I am that fat. DS
PVT, you are so fat that if you were an inch shorter, you would be a perfect circle.
Private, you need to lose weight. Maybe you need to watch your food intake.
DS I am and I do not think I am that fat. DS
PVT, you are so fat that if you were an inch shorter, you would be a perfect circle.
by DRILL SERGEANT April 23, 2011
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