Distortion
Equivocation
Quietly shifts the meaning of a key word halfway through.
“Education should be free — and free people choose for themselves, so no mandatory classes.”
- How to spot it
- A word like “free”, “natural” or “fair” means one thing in the premise and another in the conclusion.
- How to answer it
- Pin the word down: “Which meaning do you mean here?” — then hold them to it.
Practise against it
Favoured by The Spin Doctor · The Shifter.