Logically Correct

A social and rhetorical stance where logical form—validity, syllogistic structure, freedom from informal fallacies—is elevated to the highest standard of discourse, and any deviation is treated as a moral or intellectual failure. Adherents police language not for harm but for “illogic,” often dismissing arguments based on perceived violations of formal reasoning while ignoring context, power dynamics, or lived experience. “Logically correct” becomes a gatekeeping tool: those who cannot frame their concerns in syllogisms are dismissed as irrational, and any emotional or embodied knowledge is automatically suspect. It mirrors political correctness in its zeal for orthodoxy but replaces social justice with logical purity.

Example: “She described her experience of workplace discrimination; he responded by dissecting her narrative for ‘hasty generalizations.’ He wasn’t engaging—he was being logically correct, using the tools of logic to silence testimony.”

by Dumu The Void April 1, 2026