LogFAQs > #966544976

I know there's a term for it, but I can't think of it.

It's essentially just messaging.

If you're trying to convince someone of something, based on their background, you'll phrase your message in different ways. It's what leftists have been told to do during this whole culture war era. Message things differently to different people until you find phrasing and language that resonates with them. And my pet peeve with that has always been that I end up feeling like I'm not being fully honest when trying to convince someone on an issue. Messaging is hard and is ultimately what is needed to convince people. Messaging and to some extent, pandering.

There are many things I am morally against or for, but I know my rational isn't something that could convince people. So do I use some other more "logical" reasoning to convince them, despite not even fully caring about that reasoning?

And some bad actors (Chris Rufo, see Twitter link below ) say this quiet part out loud. Like, Rufo is fucking abhorrent but he knows how to message odious things to the people he wants to convince. And part of that messaging is. The below example is an egregious one, but only one I could think about off my head.

https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1537807543895998464?t=CoTroASBaRcgnzRfFdHQAA&s=19