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Use of rhetorical questions is a signal of defeat from an opponent in an argument.

Didn't Socrates use fhetorical questions as a means of getting to the truth?

Ofc that requires a good faith interlocutor. ...

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Kruw OP 23 Sep

If the rhetorical question is repackaged as a metaphor, that's potentially useful.

The fallacious tactic I am describing is when someone restates facts and targets the positive/negative connotation around those facts.

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So if a fact can be restated, why would that be a bad thing?

(Do I win?)

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