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He also doesn't say he's going to stop beating his wife.



She hasn't said she doesn't consent or request it.


This is why I wish I had downvote privileges. This is a) off-topic, and b) extremely offensive. Please stop.


Its neither off-topic nor offensive, and because you don't have downvote privileges you had to comment instead - that's good because now I can respond and hopefully clarify.

It isn't off-topic because it is a direct response to it's parent who was trying to make a point by example that refers to this use of rhetoric

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question

It isn't offensive because it is simply using the loaded question to provide a loaded answer that uses the exact same rhetorical trick to turn the tables. To try to show by example that the point being made is little more than a trick.

It is the nature of a loaded question with an obvious appeal to emotion that makes responses to it seem offensive.


It's a time-weathered rhetorical device, and probably wouldn't be effective if it weren't also somewhat offensive. Although responding to the device is... unusual.




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