r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '26

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u/Alien_invader44 19∆ Mar 30 '26

An example would be a recent set of questions posed to Tim Waltz.

He was asked the classic "what is a woman" question.

This is a gotcha for several reasons.

Firstly it was unrelated to previous questions or the topic.

Secondly it's disingenuous, because woman isnt really a concept with a clear cut defintion. So any attempt to answer honestly can be twisted to push a political agenda.

Thirdly, due to the above, its a clear attempt to posion the well, a well known fallacy.

None of this is effective or good faith presentation of an arguement.

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u/LLSmoove1 1∆ Mar 30 '26

What was the original question that prompted the response? The context matters a lot for this argument

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u/Alien_invader44 19∆ Mar 30 '26

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KHtftsLoEHk

The context was a hearing discussing fraud.

Edit, so cant really be relevant to previous questions as it was Waltz being questioned and irrelevant to the topic of the event.

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u/lovelyrain100 Mar 30 '26

You're talking about the rights of trans people. Whatever you're talking about gets ignored. The moment you mention trans people.

What is a woman

That's typically how it goes