The Iterated Motte and Bailey Strategy

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 133

Over the last few years, much has been said about the “motte and bailey” rhetorical strategy, which is a dishonest way in which postmodernist, Woke, and other manipulative people argue. First described by Nicholas Shackel in a 2005 paper, “On the Vacuity of Postmodern Methodology,” it has become a standard explanation for the Woke era in the last few years. In Counter Wokecraft, James Lindsay and Charles Pincourt outline both offensive and defensive uses of this c...

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