Posted on 06/17/2021 10:46:56 AM PDT by Jayster
Kafka trap The Kafka trap might also be called the SJW trap.
Author Eric Raymond coined the term Kafkatrapping in his 2010 article in which he presented a style of argument that is common today with SJW’s, but has it’s origins in The Trial a book written in 1915 by Franz Kafka.
In The Trial the protagonist is arrested and accused of serious crimes which are never specified. He receives no explanation or description of the charges, and his refusal to acknowledge that he must be guilty is what makes him guilty. The only way to stop his abuse is to admit that he is guilty.
What is the kafka trap? In the kafka trap you are accused of being a:
Racist Sexist Bigot Facist Homophobic Transphobic Islamophobic Misogynist Nazi Hitler etc. …and any attempt to argue, deny or defend yourself is seen as proof of guilt.
Yep.
Denial is proof of guilt.
You’re guilty until proven innocent.
Any accusation of guilt is all that is needed to condemn you.
Eric Raymond laid out various models of kafkatraps in his 2010 article which I’ll share here.
Note: Kafkatrapping can be used against any perceived “ist” or “ism” (racism, sexism, homophobia etc.) however I’ll simply use the word racism here in the interests of space.
Model A “Your refusal to acknowledge that you are guilty of racism, confirms that you are guilty of racism”
Model C “Even if you do not feel yourself to be guilty of racism, you are guilty because you have benefited from the racist behavior of others in the system”
Model D “The act of demanding a definition of racism that can be consequentially checked and falsified proves you are racist”
(Excerpt) Read more at lifelessons.co ...
Correct answer in my opinion. I sometimes used to read a political forum that was supposed to be “debate”. It’s called Debate Politics so you would assume people present a point and then back it up with evidence. The favorite response of liberals seems to be “Why do you keep lying”.
Denial is proof of guilt.
You’re guilty until proven innocent.
Any accusation of guilt is all that is needed to condemn you.
These are not just SWJ ideals... Pretty much most of this board practice this ideology too. No one ever “puts the shoe on the other foot” when it comes to guilt before innocence.
Same kinds of things law enforcement does when they really want and need a conviction and they know you are innocent.
Your opinion is a lie. Learn it, dern it!
I turn it around when they call me names. Call them a liar and a bully. Laugh at them. Claim they cannot confront the argument. Laugh more.
“The seriousness of the charge proves your guilt“
Only for conservatives .
If a liberal the more seriousness the charge just shows how desperate a conservative is to destroy the liberal
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For liberals/communists, the more serious the charge, the higher he rises in the Party, the more immune he is to prosecution
That's why you have to KTF.
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Weaselly way to duck divulging specifics on a bill that was destined to wreck healthcare, until after it became law...
Should be titled:
Seven clickbait tricks to waste people’s time
None of which is against the law even if you proudly claimed to be one or more or all of those things.
Less than a hundred years ago, Franco realized that there was no negotiating with these folks.
That’s why he killed so many of them.
“The Spanish Inquisitors would be so proud.”
What is the word for it when a person’s or a thing’s reputation is so bad that you can say anything negative about them with no fear of giving offense? Like Hitler, or Jeffrey Dahmer, or Barry Soetoro?
opprobrium?......................
Opprobrium is involved, but that’s not exactly the word I was looking for.
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