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The term “kafkatrapping” describes a logical fallacy that is popular within gender feminism, racial politics and other ideologies of victimhood. It occurs when you are accused of a thought crime such as sexism, racism or homophobia. You respond with an honest denial, which is then used as further confirmation of your guilt. You are now trapped in a circular and unfalsifiable argument; no one who is accused can be innocent because the structure of kafkatrapping precludes that possibility. The term derives from Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial in which a nondescript bank clerk named Josef K. is arrested; no charges...

A reader writes: In White-liberal white-baiting link-baiting gone wild you mentioned this: Make an outlandish statement about White people.Watch White people react in denial.Use denial reaction as proof you were right all along. There’s a word for this logical Fallacy. It’s called Kafkatrapping.In short it takes the form of using denial of guilt as proof of guilt. Here’s the blog that explains it very well.I think the term should be used more widely. Absolutely, and thanks for the heads up.Kafkatrapping now not only is in our vocabulary, it’s a “tag” (I need to go back and add it to past posts).Here’s...