Briar Patching
The rhetorical phenomena where someone understands his opponent so poorly that he smugly suggests something he thinks they will hate but that they gleefully endorse.
Based on the story of Br'er Rabbit and the Briar Patch.
Based on the story of Br'er Rabbit and the Briar Patch.
Person 1: "If you support X, that will enable Y."
Person 2: "Great!"
Person 1: "Wait, you support Y?"
Person 2: "Yep! You appear to be Briar Patching."
Person 2: "Great!"
Person 1: "Wait, you support Y?"
Person 2: "Yep! You appear to be Briar Patching."
Briar Patching by z7r1k3 September 14, 2022
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