You put up a Q & you are accused of doing the very thing you asked about. Is

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You put up a Q & you are accused of doing the very thing you asked about. Isn't that a dishonest,illogical A?

It is dishonest because, the Answerer who does this rarely answers the Q asked in a meaningful truthful way. It is illogical because it makes your A sound monsensical or illogical or both and no Q is ever asked with that intent by a sane person. Example you ask a Q about pornography and the Answerer accuses you of being a pornographer. More generally you ask about X and that results in an accusation that you do X otherwise you would not have asked about X. You ask a Q about racism and you are accused, ipso facto ,of beind a racist. You ask a Q about illegal immigrants and automatically you are one or you love one etcetera, etcetera.

Plato & his teacher Socrates saw through this fallacious form of reasoning the one that clever sophists and lawyers use to put down all who simply ask Q' s seeking **meaningful, logical ,nonfallacious, sound and valid Answers.**

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3 days ago
My q is not based on the answerer misunderstanding the Q, but on intentional misuse of logic to avoid answering the Q. For example, couldn't I in response to the answerer who brought up the pont about misunderstanding the Q, reply it accusing the answerer of defending themselves against criticism that they probably frequently use the tactic themselves otherwise why defend against it.

Does anyone get the point I am making?, BTW, I'm not accusing the answerer of anything. I just want to illustrate once again, what is in my opinion, the dishonesty and illogical aspect of the rhetorical technique. by many who employ it. Some do it out of ignorance, but more do so maliciously.

3 days ago
Please note that this Q was asked in the philosophy category. This is not about how to Q's or simple statements in the form of a Q, its about the inquiry into ideas especially philosophical ideas which my examples did not illustrate to avoid any digression into specifics. Hence the algebraic generality of my examples of how the Q's are reversed on the asker but also on the answerer for that matter. This Q is about the use of a logical fallacy. It is not about the persons that use except to point out when it is used. It is unclear if it is used because of ignorance, stupidity or malice. That would be a good topic for another Q in the poll and survey category. But I hear the problem there is worse than here in the philosophy category.

3 days ago
Sometimes a Q is just a Q: and even the asker doesn't really know why they asked the Q until they asked it. But that is another issue for another Q. It is not a part of my Q.

3 days ago
This Q is not about the motives for asking the Q which is inferred but is really unknown to us. Some people ask Q's just to bait and irritate us. We call them trolls. I can assure you that I am not one of them. My Q&A activities are evidence to the contrary and my goal is to improve my Q&A's through correct reasoning and proper use of the language both grammar and syntax.l

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 3 days ago
My q is not based on the answerer misunderstanding the Q, but on intentional misuse of logic to avoid answering the Q. For example, couldn't I in response to the answerer who brought up the pont about misunderstanding the Q, reply it accusing the answerer of defending themselves against criticism that they probably frequently use the tactic themselves otherwise why defend against it.

Does anyone get the point I am making?, BTW, I'm not accusing the answerer of anything. I just want to illustrate once again, what is in my opinion, the dishonesty and illogical aspect of the rhetorical technique. by many who employ it. Some do it out of ignorance, but more do so maliciously.